Arab American Heritage Month Fiction
Check out these recent novels by Arab American authors in celebration of Arab American Heritage Month! Annotations by NoveList, unless otherwise attributed.
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The Jinn Daughter
The Jinn Daughter, drawing upon pre-Islamic Arabic mythology, engages with concepts of grief, loss, acceptance, self-determination, and the will to live. (Shelf Awareness)
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The Dream Hotel
A woman is detained under an American regime where even dreams are being surveilled. (Kirkus)
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My Friends
A Libyan exile contemplates his time away from his troubled homeland. (Kirkus)
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The Bird Tattoo
A powerful and sweeping novel set over two tumultuous decades in Iraq. (Publisher description)
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Bride of the Sea
In this family saga split between two continents, a young Saudi American woman grapples with her itinerant, mysterious childhood. (Kirkus)
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Too Soon
Multiple narratives track three Palestinian women from the Middle East to America and back again. (Kirkus)
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Stories From the Center of the World
Short stories spotlighting the modern Middle East diaspora, from the cradle of civilization to outer space. (Kirkus)
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The Coin
In Zaher’s hypnotic debut, an obsessive Palestinian woman flees her oppressive homeland for Manhattan and employs increasingly unorthodox methods to teach English at the private school where she works. (Publishers Weekly)
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Dearborn
Zeineddine's debut collection examines the immigrant experience, the weight of memory, the myths we create, and the meaning of home, in a voice that's forthright and refreshing.
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No Land to Light on
A young Syrian couple awaiting the birth of their son, Hadi and Sama dream of their life together until Hadi’s father dies suddenly in Jordan, and Hadi, after attending the funeral, is detained for questioning and becomes trapped in a timeless, nightmarish limbo.
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