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Polls for Around the World in 80 Books. Showing 1-16 of 16
created May 31, 2018 07:33PM PDT
poll #1
*poll closed* Choosing book #15: Soviet Russia
Other Russias, by Victoria Lomasko
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, by Masha Gessen
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets,
by Svetlana Alexievich
by Svetlana Alexievich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
created May 30, 2018 11:02AM PDT
poll #2
*poll closed* Choosing Book #14: Vietnam
created May 30, 2018 10:01AM PDT
poll #3
*poll closed* Choosing Book #13: Cuba
created May 29, 2018 11:08AM PDT
poll #4
*poll closed* Choosing book 12: People's Republic of China
created Jan 10, 2018 07:01AM PST
poll #5
*poll closed* Choosing book #9: Chad
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (not by Chadian author) PLUS short reads by Chadian authors
Living by the Gun in Chad: Combatants, Impunity and State Formation (not by Chadian author)
Told by Starlight in Chad, by Joseph Brahim Seid
A Teenager in the Chad Civil War: A Memoir of Survival, 1982-1986, by Esaie Toingar
created Jan 09, 2018 09:39AM PST
poll #6
*poll closed* Choosing book #8: North Korea
created Jan 05, 2018 10:03AM PST
poll #7
*poll closed* Choosing Book #11: Palestine
created Jan 04, 2018 07:31PM PST
poll #8
*poll closed* Choosing book #10: Venezuela
For more information about Venezuelan literature and why so few books from the country have been translated into English: https://www.npr.org/2013/04/12/176793...
For more information about Venezuelan literature and why so few books from the country have been translated into English: https://www.npr.org/2013/04/12/176793...
Doña Inés vs. Oblivion: A Novel
Doña Bárbara
Iphigenia
Hugo Chavez: The Definitive Biography of Venezuela's Controversial President
The Sickness
created Oct 31, 2017 08:14PM PDT
poll #9
*poll closed* Favorite book from 2017?
The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between, by Hisham Matar (Libya)
A Sky So Close: A Novel, by Betool Khedairi (Iraq)
The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (Iran)
A Land without Jasmine, by Wajdi Al-Ahdal (Yemen)
A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution, by Samar Yazbek (Syria)
Sweet and Sour Milk, by Nuruddin Farah (Somalia)
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur, by Daoud Hari (Sudan)
created Sep 04, 2017 07:38PM PDT
poll #10
*poll closed* Choosing book #7: Iraq
A Sky So Close: A Novel, by Betool Khedairi
The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq, by Hassan Blasim
The World Through the Eyes of Angels, by Mahmoud Saeed
The Corpse Washer, by Sinan Antoon
created Jul 14, 2017 09:28AM PDT
poll #11
*poll closed* Choosing book #6: Sudan
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur, by Daoud Hari
Cities Without Palms, by Tarek Eltayeb
Lyrics Alley, by Leila Aboulela
created Jun 12, 2017 07:30AM PDT
poll #12
*poll closed* Choosing book #5: Yemen
A Land without Jasmine, by
Wajdi Al-Ahdal
Wajdi Al-Ahdal
Hurma, by Ali Al-Muqri
Sold, by Zana Muhsen
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, by Nujood Ali
They Die Strangers, by Mohammad Abdul-Wali
created May 11, 2017 07:34PM PDT
poll #13
*Poll closed* Choosing book #4: Libya
The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between, by Hisham Matar
The Bleeding of the Stone, by Ibrahim al-Koni
Homeless Rats, by Ahmed Fagih
Under the Tripoli Sky, by Kamal Ben Hameda
created Mar 27, 2017 07:22AM PDT
poll #14
*Poll closed* Choosing Book #3: Iran
Feel free to comment and suggest additional options, and I'll add them to the poll (so long as the book is written by a person from Iran, or a first generation immigrant).
Feel free to comment and suggest additional options, and I'll add them to the poll (so long as the book is written by a person from Iran, or a first generation immigrant).
The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi
My Uncle Napoleon, by Iraj Pezeshkzad, translated by Dick Davis
Iran Awakening: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country, by Shirin Ebadi
The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani
created Feb 27, 2017 07:21AM PST
poll #15
*Poll closed* Choosing Book #2: Syria
Feel free to comment and suggest additional options, and I'll add them to the poll (so long as the book is written by a person from Syria, or a first generation immigrant).
Feel free to comment and suggest additional options, and I'll add them to the poll (so long as the book is written by a person from Syria, or a first generation immigrant).
A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution, by Samar Yazbek, translated by Mark Weiss.
The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria, by Marwa al-Sabouni.
No Knives in the Kitchens of This City, by Khaled Khalifa, translated by Leri Price.
The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir, by Riad Sattouf.
(write-in)
Sabriya: Damascus Bitter Sweet, by Ulfat Idilbi, translated by Peter Clark.
levant Fever: True stories from Syria's underground, by Wajdy Mustafa.
The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria, by Alia Malek (Expected publication Feb 28).
created Feb 02, 2017 07:16AM PST
poll #16
*Poll closed* Let's choose our book for Somalia. I tried to pick a mix of fiction, non-fiction, short stories, etc. You can also submit a write-in option, as long as the author is Somalian!
Sweet and Sour Milk (Variations on the Theme of An African Dictatorship, #1)
The Orchard of Lost Souls
Yesterday, Tomorrow: Voices from the Somali Diaspora
Maps
Desert Dawn
Fairytales for Lost Children
