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My place holder:
1. The Palestine conflict:
2. MENA history:
3. Empowering women:
4. Iraq:
5. Al Sham (:
6. The Arabian Peninsula :
7. The Maghreb :
8. Egypt: حاكم: جنون ابن الهيثم
9. Turkey :
10. Iran
11. Horn of Africa
12. The "Stan" countries or Central Asia:
1. The Palestine conflict:
2. MENA history:
3. Empowering women:
4. Iraq:
5. Al Sham (:
6. The Arabian Peninsula :
7. The Maghreb :
8. Egypt: حاكم: جنون ابن الهيثم
9. Turkey :
10. Iran
11. Horn of Africa
12. The "Stan" countries or Central Asia:

1. a book, fiction or non-fiction book about the Palestine conflict.
2. a book, fiction or non-fiction based on or about MENA history
Granada: The Complete Trilogy by Radwa Ashour
3. a book, fiction or non-fiction about "Empowering women
4. a book, fiction or non fiction. written by an author from Iraq
5. book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Al Sham (Lebanon, Jordan, Syria). Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales by Najla Khoury
6.A book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Arabian Peninsula - ( Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates )
7. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Maghreb ( North Africa) - ( Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,Mauritania )
The Djinn's Apple by Djamila Morani
8. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Egypt
9. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by a Turkish author
10. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an Iranian author
11. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from Sudan and the Horn of Africa (Somalia , Djibouti and Eritrea)
12. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from the "Stan" countries or Central Asia ( Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan) and Afghanistan or Pakistan.
Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed
My Placeholder
1. a book, fiction or non-fiction book about the Palestine conflict.
أقل من عدو أكثر من صديق: السيرة الطائرة
2. a book, fiction or non-fiction based on or about MENA history
ثلاثية غرناطة - done
3. a book, fiction or non-fiction about "Empowering women
محطات الرحيل
4. a book, fiction or non fiction. written by an author from Iraq
5. book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Al Sham (Lebanon, Jordan, Syria)
خبزنا اليومي
6.A book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Arabian Peninsula - ( Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates )
بساتين عربستان
تجاوز - done
7. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Maghreb ( North Africa) - ( Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,Mauritania
8. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Egypt
الشتاء الأسود
9. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by a Turkish author
Farewell by Ayse Kulin
10. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an Iranian author
11. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from Sudan and the Horn of Africa (Somalia , Djibouti and Eritrea)
12. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from the "Stan" countries or Central Asia ( Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan) and Afghanistan or Pakistan.
1. a book, fiction or non-fiction book about the Palestine conflict.
أقل من عدو أكثر من صديق: السيرة الطائرة
2. a book, fiction or non-fiction based on or about MENA history
ثلاثية غرناطة - done
3. a book, fiction or non-fiction about "Empowering women
محطات الرحيل
4. a book, fiction or non fiction. written by an author from Iraq
5. book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Al Sham (Lebanon, Jordan, Syria)
خبزنا اليومي
6.A book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Arabian Peninsula - ( Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates )
بساتين عربستان
تجاوز - done
7. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Maghreb ( North Africa) - ( Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,Mauritania
8. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Egypt
الشتاء الأسود
9. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by a Turkish author
Farewell by Ayse Kulin
10. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an Iranian author
11. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from Sudan and the Horn of Africa (Somalia , Djibouti and Eritrea)
12. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from the "Stan" countries or Central Asia ( Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan) and Afghanistan or Pakistan.

1. a book, fiction or non-fiction book about the Palestine conflict.
2. a book, fiction or non-fiction based on or about MENA history
3. a book, fiction or non-fiction about "Empowering women
4. a book, fiction or non fiction. written by an author from Iraq
5. book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Al Sham (Lebanon, Jordan, Syria)
6.A book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Arabian Peninsula - ( Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates )
7. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Maghreb ( North Africa) - ( Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,Mauritania
8. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Egypt
9. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by a Turkish author
10. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an Iranian author
11. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from Sudan and the Horn of Africa (Somalia , Djibouti and Eritrea)
12. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from the "Stan" countries or Central Asia ( Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan) and Afghanistan or Pakistan.
updates at: 28.01.2025

MENA 2025 CHALLENGE
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1. a book, fiction or non-fiction book about the Palestine conflict.
2. a book, fiction or non-fiction based on or about MENA history
3. a book, fiction or non-fiction about "Empowering women"
4. a book, fiction or non fiction. written by an author from Iraq
5. book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Al Sham (Lebanon, Jordan, Syria)
�6. A book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates): Of Mud and Honey by Roxana Trabulsi (Yemen) 2 Mar 2025 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review

7. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Maghreb (North Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania)
8. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Egypt
9. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by a Turkish author
10. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an Iranian author
11. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from Sudan and the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea)
12. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from the "Stan" countries or Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) and Afghanistan or Pakistan.

2. MENA history:
3. Empowering Women:
4. Iraq: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War (in progress)
5. Al Sham:
6. The Gulf:
7. North Africa:
8. Egypt:
9. Turkey:
10. Iran, Greater Persia:
11. Sudan & East Africa:
12. Central Asia:
Books mentioned in this topic
A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War (other topics)A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy (other topics)
Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales (other topics)
The Djinn's Apple (other topics)
Every Rising Sun (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Najla Khoury (other topics)Djamila Morani (other topics)
Jamila Ahmed (other topics)
Roxana Trabulsi (other topics)
Radwa Ashour (other topics)
1. a book, fiction or non-fiction book about the Palestine conflict.
2. a book, fiction or non-fiction based on or about MENA history
3. a book, fiction or non-fiction about "Empowering women
4. a book, fiction or non fiction. written by an author from Iraq
5. book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Al Sham (Lebanon, Jordan, Syria)
6.A book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Arabian Peninsula - ( Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates )
7. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Maghreb ( North Africa) - ( Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,Mauritania
8. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Egypt
9. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by a Turkish author
10. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an Iranian author
11. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from Sudan and the Horn of Africa (Somalia , Djibouti and Eritrea)
12. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from the "Stan" countries or Central Asia ( Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan) and Afghanistan or Pakistan.
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