2. a book, fiction or non-fiction based on or about MENA history

[Niledaughter]

Please post recommendations in here

[Niledaughter]

As a group read in 2020, We will be reading
Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah
(October-December)

[Niledaughter]

Please check "Readings in the history of the middle east "
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Some of non fiction books we have already read in the group, please check discussions here
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Including:
Orientalism
A History of the Arab Peoples
The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty

[Jalilah]

After reading this review https://www.thenational.ae/arts-cultu... I would be interested in reading The Watermelon Boys for a historical novel

[Jalilah]

I don’t know if it’s correct to count this as history, but it is historical. I read The Annotated Arabian Nights: Tales from 1001 Nights for this category

[Rachel]

The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai (Tunisia) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review