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Book Club: Reissued by Saqi Books, Tahir Wattar's classic novel The Earthquake is a dreamlike trip through a turbulent 1970s Algeria in chaos.

Book Club: Drawing on the rich tapestry of Syrian mythology, Rania Hanna's The Jinn Daughter is a deftly woven tale about our urge to outmanoeuvre death.

Book Club: Translated into English for the first time, al-Sharqawi's masterpiece depicts an Egyptian village community's struggle against class oppression.

Book Club: After 60 years at the forefront of medicine, we take a look back at the colossal achievements of British-Egyptian surgeon, Sir Magdi Yacoub.

Book Club: As 2023 comes to an end, °®Âþµº have chosen 10 of the most brilliant, relevant, and thought-provoking books written by Arab authors this year.

Book Club: One of Syria's most gifted novelists, Samar Yazbek's latest book examines Alawite existence, tradition, and culture in the context of civil war.

Book Club: Taleb Alrefai's latest novel sheds light on the lives of thousands of workers who come to the Gulf states with dreams of money and wealth. However, they soon find themselves confronted with the harsh reality of a desolate life.

Book Club: Uld Mohamadi Bah's 'Birds of Nabaa' is a quintessential Mauritanian tale about a Sufi's modern asceticism. Travelling from his village in Mauritania to Europe, the Gulf, and Africa, the narrator's wanderings help reinforce his humanity.

Book Club: The plight of Bedouins living in Palestine is seldom written about in novel form. Sheikha Helawy, herself hailing from a Bedouin town, has written a collection of 18 short stories that unveils the culture of Bedouin women in modernity.

Book Club: Mohamed Choukri is one of North Africa's most esteemed, widely read and controversial authors. Now translated into English, Choukri's complete works uncover society's underbelly, revealing an entrancing, dark, and hedonistic imagination.