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Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara
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Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean by Joshua M. White

Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean

Joshua M. White

376 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt

Kara Cooney

298 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Love Is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar

Love Is an Ex-Country

Randa Jarrar

218 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir travel challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff

368 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur by Brian Steidle

The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur

Brian Steidle

230 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional slow-paced
Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya by Annick Cojean, Marjolijn De Jager

Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya

Annick Cojean, Marjolijn De Jager

287 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Translator: A Memoir by Daoud Hari

The Translator: A Memoir

Daoud Hari

224 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World by Leïla Slimani

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World

Leïla Slimani

4 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sinai: Egypt's Linchpin, Gaza's Lifeline, Israel's Nightmare by Mohannad Sabry

Sinai: Egypt's Linchpin, Gaza's Lifeline, Israel's Nightmare

Mohannad Sabry

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David by Lawrence Wright

Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David

Lawrence Wright

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics reflective medium-paced