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  • If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran

    Author: Carla Power

    ISBN: 9780805098198

    If the Oceans Were Ink follows journalist Carla Power as she studies the Quran with a Muslim scholar, exploring faith, gender, and culture, and discovering friendship while bridging divides through thoughtful dialogue.

  • Nonviolent Warrior of Islam

    Author: Eknath Easwaran

    ISBN: 9781786630193

    Nonviolent Warrior of Islam is Easwaran’s biography of Khan, a 1984 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, highlighting his leadership, courage, and commitment to nonviolence, showing how standing unarmed against injustice can inspire solutions to modern struggles.

  • Love Thy Neighbor

    Author: Ayaz Virji and Alan Eisenstock

    ISBN: 9780525577201

    Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America follows Dr. Ayaz Virji, a Muslim physician in rural Minnesota who fights post-2016 Islamophobia by partnering with a pastor to educate the community, challenge prejudice, and build bridges.

  • Muhammad His Character and Beauty : Wasa'il Al-wusul Ila Shama'il al-rasul

    Author: Yusuf al-Nabhani

    ISBN: 9780990002680

    Muhammad: His Character and Beauty by Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabahani offers a heartfelt, scholarly portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad, blending love and traditional scholarship to inspire deeper admiration for his life, character, and enduring legacy.

  • Meeting Muhammad

    Author: Omar Suleiman

    ISBN: 7236238237263

    Meeting Muhammad offers 30 vivid chapters exploring the life and character of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ through his companions’ narrations, inviting readers to truly know, love, and learn from him, experiencing his presence and aspiring to follow his example.

  • They Called Me a Lioness

    Author: Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri

    ISBN: 9780593134580

    They Called Me a Lioness is Ahed Tamimi’s memoir of growing up under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, detailing her activism, imprisonment at sixteen, and a powerful account of resistance, family, and life in a village shaped by struggle.

  • Voices of the Nakba

    Author: Diana Allan

    ISBN: 9780745342924

    Voices of the Nakba collects stories of first-generation Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, capturing a pivotal moment in modern Middle Eastern history through the firsthand experiences of those who lived it.

  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    Author: Malcolm X

    ISBN: 9780345350688

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X traces his journey from hardship and incarceration to transformation through Islam and leadership in Black pride and self-determination, offering a defining account of race, identity, and justice in America.

  • Stranger in My Own Land

    Author: Fida Jiryis

    ISBN: 9781787387812

    Stranger in My Own Land chronicles a searching journey across the Galilee, West Bank, and diaspora, grappling with identity, exile, and the meaning of the right of return for millions of Palestinians longing for home.

  • Tehran Streetstyles

    Author: Hoda Katebi

    ISBN: 9781682224106

    Tehran Streetstyles is a photography book capturing the bold fashion of young Iranians. Defying Western stereotypes and local dress codes, it highlights underground style as resistance and a powerful act of self-expression.

  • I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar ibn Said's America

    Author: Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst

    ISBN: 9781469674674

    I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar ibn Said's America presents the first autobiography written by an enslaved Muslim in Arabic, offering a rare perspective on Islam and slavery in early American history.

  • Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation

    Author: Cate Malek and Mateo Hoke

    ISBN: 9781940450247

    Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation shares oral histories from Palestinians—a fisherman, a settlement administrator, a marathon runner—capturing how daily life is shaped by decades of occupation and struggle.

  • The Sealed Nectar

    Author: Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

    ISBN: 9781591440710

    The Sealed Nectar is an award-winning biography of the Prophet Muhammad (S), offering a detailed and faithful account of his life and legacy, recognized for its historical depth and spiritual insight.

  • Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card

    Author: Sara Saedi

    ISBN: 9781524717827

    Americanized funny, heartfelt memoir of growing up undocumented in the U.S. while navigating teen life, balancing fears of deportation with prom, acne, and the search for belonging in a sharp coming-of-age story.

  • The Frontier Gandhi: My Life and Struggle: The Autobiography of Abdul Ghaffar Khan

    Author: Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada

    ISBN: 9788194969143

    The Frontier Gandhi: My Life and Struggle is the autobiography of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, tracing his journey from childhood in the North-West Frontier to leading fellow Pashtuns in the Khudai Khidmatgar movement for Indian independence.

  • We Are Not Here To Be Bystanders

    Author: Linda Sarsour

    ISBN: 9781982105167

    We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders is Linda Sarsour’s memoir of growing from a Brooklyn teen into a leading Muslim American activist, reflecting on how 9/11 shaped her identity and her journey organizing for justice while balancing faith and family.

  • With the Heart in Mind

    Author: Mikaeel Ahmed Smith

    ISBN: 9781733625609

    With the Heart in Mind explores how classical Islamic scholars understood intellect, presenting an alternative view of intelligence where the mind’s highest purpose is to know God and guide others toward Him.

  • Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba

    Author: Teresa Aranguren and Sandra Barrilaro

    ISBN: 9781642599800

    Against Erasure is a bilingual English-Arabic book preserving memories of Palestinian life before 1948 and the Nakba. Through photos and reflections, it captures life, loss, and resistance, with a foreword by Mohammed El-Kurd.

  • A Journey Through Afghanistan

    Author: David Chaffetz

    ISBN: 9780226100647

    A Journey through Afghanistan by David Chaffetz recounts his travels by car and horseback in northwest Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion, offering vivid observations and rare insight into Afghan culture and daily life.

  • I was Born There, I Was Born Here

    Author: Mourid Barghouti

    ISBN: 9780802779977

    I Was Born There, I Was Born Here by Mourid Barghouti reflects on exile and belonging as he returns to Palestine with his son, tracing the generational toll of displacement and offering a poignant portrait of identity and resilience.

  • Don't Forget Us Here

    Author: Mansur Ahmad Saad al-Dayfi

    ISBN: 9780306923869

    Don’t Forget Us Here is Mansoor Adayfi’s memoir of being kidnapped at 18 and held for 14 years at Guantánamo Bay. With resilience and candor, he shares a rare human look inside the prison, revealing both brutality and unexpected bonds.

  • The Cat Man of Aleppo

    Author: Karim Shamsi-Basha and Irene Latham

    ISBN: 9781984813787

    The Cat Man of Aleppo tells the true story of Alaa, who remained in war-torn Aleppo to help others and care for abandoned cats. What began with a few strays grew into a community effort, celebrating compassion and the impact of one person’s care.

  • Welcome to Islam: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Muslims

    Author: Mustafa Umar

    ISBN: 9781461104773

    Welcome to Islam: A Step-by-Step Guide to Islam is a practical handbook for new Muslims, outlining key practices to learn in the first month and offering clear guidance, support, and advice for navigating early challenges of faith.

  • Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation

    Author: Tariq Ramadan

    ISBN: 9780199715855

    Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation calls for rethinking Islamic thought to meet today’s challenges, blending spiritual roots with modern knowledge and expanding scholarly voices to foster critical, creative engagement.

  • Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

    Author: Tamim Ansary

    ISBN: 9781586488130

    Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes traces world history from the Prophet Muhammad to post-9/11 through an Islamic perspective, challenging Western-centric views and offering vital context for today’s conflicts.

  • Islam and Modernity: Transformation of an Intellectual Tradition

    Author: Fazlur Rahman

    ISBN: 9780226702841

    Islam and Modernity critiques rigid literalism in Islamic thought and its clash with modern life, calling for a flexible, ethical approach to reforming theology, law, and education so Islam remains both faithful and relevant today.

  • Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

    Author: Jehad Abusalim

    ISBN: 9781642596991

    Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire is an anthology of Palestinian essays, poetry, and art imagining a future beyond occupation. Centering Gaza’s voices, it highlights resilience and offers a hopeful vision amid ongoing colonial violence.

  • The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine

    Author: Ghassan Kanafani

    ISBN: 9781736850046

    The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine analyzes the major uprising against British colonialism and Zionist expansion, exploring the social, political, and economic forces behind it and offering key insight into the roots of Palestinian resistance.

  • No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam

    Author: Reza Aslan

    ISBN: 9780812971897

    No god but God offers an accessible history of Islam, from its origins to sectarian divisions, showing how Muslims have continually reinterpreted their faith and presenting Islam as a dynamic religion shaped by ongoing reform.

  • It's Not About the Burqa

    Author: Mariam Khan

    ISBN: 9781509886388

    It’s Not About the Burqa is a collection of 17 essays by Muslim women challenging stereotypes in the West. Covering faith, feminism, love, and culture, it highlights the diversity of Muslim women’s lives with urgency and insight.

  • Lost Islamic History

    Author: Firas Alkhateeb

    ISBN: 9781849043977

    Lost Islamic History offers an accessible overview of Islam’s global impact, tracing empires from the Umayyads to the Mughals and highlighting the scholars, rulers, and societies that shaped science, politics, and culture across continents.

  • 1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization

    Author: Salim Al-Hassani

    ISBN: 9781426209345

    1001 Inventions highlights centuries of Muslim contributions to science and technology. Organized by themes like home, school, and world, it showcases innovations that shaped modern life and offers insight into a transformative era in global history.

  • "Believing Women" in Islam

    Author: Asma Barlas

    ISBN: 9780292709041

    “Believing Women” in Islam challenges the view that Islam oppresses women, offering a Qur’anic reading that highlights egalitarian teachings and argues gender equality is rooted in scripture, beyond patriarchal history and cultural bias.

  • Islam & Blackness

    Author: Jonathan Brown

    ISBN: 9780861544844

    Islam and Blackness examines claims that Islam is inherently anti-Black, showing through scripture, law, and history that racism in Muslim contexts stems from culture and politics, while highlighting Islamic voices that reject racial prejudice.

  • Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom

    Author: Norman G. Finkelstein

    ISBN: 9780520318335

    Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom details the humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s blockade and assaults, exposing violations of international law and global institutions’ failures while calling for remembrance and resistance to erasure.

  • The Rights and Duties of Women in Islam

    Author: Abdul Ghaffar Hasan

    ISBN: 9789960897516

    The Rights and Duties of Women in Islam examines gender through the Qur’an and Sunnah, exploring creation, roles, and equality. Emphasizing complementary partnership, it offers a clear perspective on women’s place in Islam rooted in scripture.

  • Innocent Until Proven Muslim

    Author: Maha Hilal

    ISBN: 9781506470467

    Innocent Until Proven Muslim shows how post-9/11 policies fueled Islamophobia and state violence against Muslim Americans, highlighting struggles with collective blame and calling for justice and an inclusive future through stories and analysis.

  • Inescapable Questions

    Author: Alija Izetbegović

    ISBN: 9780860373674

    Inescapable Questions is an autobiography recounting personal struggles, the rise of the SDA, and the breakup of Yugoslavia, offering insight into political maneuvers around the Dayton Agreement and the challenges of refugee return.

  • Islam Between East and West

    Author: Alija Izetbegović

    ISBN: 9780892591398

    Islam Between East and West argues that Europe long benefited from Islam without recognition, presenting Islam as a worldview that unites faith and material life while envisioning renewal to spark a golden age of science and intellect.

  • Centering Black Narrative

    Author: Ahmad Mubarak and Dawud Walid

    ISBN: 9780998278193

    Centering Black Narrative: Black Muslim Nobles Among the Early Pious Muslims highlights the lives of early Black Muslim figures revered for their piety, showing how their legacy challenges Eurocentric erasures of Islam’s diverse heritage.

  • This is Why We Pray

    Author: Ameenah Muhammad-Diggins

    ISBN: 9781648760587

    This Is Why We Pray introduces children ages 5–7 to the Five Pillars of Islam, especially prayer. Through Aliya and Amar’s adventures, it teaches the importance of salah with Qur’an stories, colorful illustrations, and engaging family activities.

  • A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

    Author: Ilan Pappé

    ISBN: 9780861549719

    A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict traces the struggle back to 1882, exploring Zionism’s origins, Palestinian resistance, and political dynamics while offering clear insight into the histories of both peoples.

  • Ten Myths About Israel

    Author: Ilan Pappé

    ISBN: 9781786630193

    Ten Myths About Israel challenges dominant narratives of the conflict, dismantling claims such as Palestine being empty before Zionist settlement or Israel as the lone democracy, revealing deeper truths about occupation and resistance.

  • The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

    Author: Ilan Pappé

    ISBN: 9781851685554

    The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine argues the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians was a deliberate Zionist plan, not collateral of war. Drawing on archives and testimonies, it documents the destruction of 400+ villages and the forced removal of 750,000 people.

  • On Islam: Muslims and the Media

    Author: Rosemary Pennington and Hilary E. Khan

    ISBN: 9780253032553

    On Islam: Muslims and the Media challenges narrow portrayals of Muslims, featuring voices from journalists, scholars, and everyday people. It offers tools and insights for more accurate coverage and deeper public understanding of Islam.

  • The Question of Palestine

    Author: Edward Said

    ISBN: 9780679739883

    The Question of Palestine combines personal reflection and scholarship to trace how Western powers shaped the conflict, exposing the human cost of occupation and offering a powerful call to confront injustice and pursue a just resolution.

  • In the Shade of the Tree: A Photographic Odyssey Through the Muslim World

    Author: Peter Sanders

    ISBN: 9780955710605

    In the Shade of the Tree: A Photographic Odyssey Through the Muslim World presents Peter Sanders’ 35-year journey capturing saints, mystics, and sacred spaces, pairing evocative images with Qur’anic verses and Sufi wisdom.

  • Islam Beliefs and Teachings

    Author: Ghulam Sarwar

    ISBN: 9780907261384

    Islam: Beliefs and Teachings is a widely used introduction to Islam, offering a clear and accessible guide to the faith’s core practices and beliefs. Popular in schools and centers, it serves young Muslims, new Muslims, and curious readers alike.

  • Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders

    Author: Denise Spellberg

    ISBN: 9781982105167

    Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an reveals how Jefferson’s study of Islam influenced America’s ideals of religious freedom. Spellberg traces how early debates on Muslim inclusion helped expand pluralism—lessons that still resonate amid ongoing Islamophobia.

  • Allah Loves

    Author: Omar Suleiman

    ISBN: 9781847741356

    Allah Loves… explores traits and actions that draw Allah’s love. Through 30 short chapters, he offers spiritual guidance rooted in sincerity, generosity, and consistency—reminding readers that divine love grows through small, meaningful deeds.

  • Futuwwah, and Raising Males Into Sacred Manhood

    Author: Dawud Walid

    ISBN: 9781952306396

    Futuwwah, and Raising Males Into Sacred Manhood explores spiritual chivalry as a model for manhood and leadership, outlining Qur’an and Sunnah-based virtues and stressing spaces where boys are raised with purpose, discipline, and prophetic guidance.

  • Towards Sacred Activism

    Author: Dawud Walid

    ISBN: 9781732258815

    Towards Sacred Activism offers guidance for Muslims in the West on faith-rooted activism, urging unity between scholars and activists while bridging the sacred and worldly to honor all creation and foster meaningful, lasting change.

  • Agenda to Change Our Condition

    Author: Hamza Yusuf & Zaid Shakir

    ISBN: 9780985565916

    Agenda to Change Our Condition presents a clear plan for self and communal reform rooted in taqwa and ikhlas, reminding readers that sincere striving invites divine aid and makes personal and collective transformation both possible and necessary.

  • On the Sociology of Islam

    Author: Hamid Algar, Ali Shari’ati

    ISBN: 9780933782006

    On the Sociology of Islam collects essays and lectures by Iranian thinker Ali Shari‘ati, known as the “ideologue of the Islamic Revolution,” offering his revolutionary insights on Islam and society, translated from Farsi to English by Hamid Algar.

  • Covering Islam

    Author: Edward Said

    ISBN: 9780679758907

    Covering Islam by Edward Said critiques how Western media distort Islam by linking it to violence and hysteria, showing how both Western powers and Muslim regimes exploit the term for political ends, shaping public perception through biased narratives.

  • Orientalism

    Author: Edward Said

    ISBN: 9780394740676

    Orientalism by Edward Said shows how Western views of the East were shaped by power and prejudice, portraying the “Orient” as inferior and exotic, silencing authentic voices and creating a distorted lens that continues to influence global understanding.

  • One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

    Author: Omar El Akkad

    ISBN: 9780593804148

    One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a searing account of disillusionment with the West’s moral failures, from Gaza to Ferguson, blending raw memoir and defiant manifesto in pursuit of truth beyond broken promises.

  • Civilian Jihad

    Author: Maria Stephan

    ISBN: 9780230621411

    Civilian Jihad: Nonviolent Struggle, Democratization, and Governance in the Middle East explores how civil resistance challenges tyranny and advances democracy, analyzing the roles of religion, youth, women, technology, and external actors in shaping outcomes.

  • Gaza in Crisis

    Author: Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé

    ISBN: 9781608460977

    Gaza in Crisis by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé confronts the impact of Operation Cast Lead and the realities of occupation in Palestine, offering sharp, unflinching insight into a conflict often distorted or ignored in global discourse.

  • On Palestine

    Author: Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé

    ISBN: 9781608464708

    On Palestine by Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky examines Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza and the broader Palestinian struggle, advocating global solidarity to end occupation and human rights abuses while exploring paths toward liberation.

  • Portrait of Islam

    Author: Robin Laurance

    ASIN: B008SLMO2K

  • Windows of the Soul

    Author: Alexandra Avakian

    ISBN: 9781426203206

    Windows of the Soul uses fearless reporting and personal storytelling to reveal the complexity of Muslim life across war zones and quiet communities, highlighting resilience, danger, and unexpected intimacy through her lens and experience.

  • Breathing Space: Iranian Women Photographers

    Author: Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh

    ISBN: 978050002715

    Breathing Space highlights 23 Iranian women photographers exploring memory, identity, and the tension between tradition and change, using documentary and conceptual images to reveal personal and political stories that resonate far beyond Iran.

  • Palestine: A Photographic Journey

    Author: George Baramki Azar and Ann Mosely Lesch

    ISBN: 9780520075443

    Palestine: A Photographic Journey documents the early days of the first intifada, capturing Palestinian dignity and resilience through photography, poetry, and testimony, restoring faces and voices often erased from mainstream narratives.

  • Nakba

    Author: Ahmad H. Sa'di and Lila Abu-Lughod

    ISBN: 9780231135795

    Nakba explores how the memory of the 1948 Nakba shapes Palestinian identity, resistance, and demands for justice, using essays on oral histories, poetry, cinema, and legal testimony to reveal the centrality of displacement and loss in the Palestinian experience.

  • The Arabs and the Holocuast

    Author: Gilbert Achcar

    ISBN: 9780805089547

    The Arabs and the Holocaust offers a deeply researched examination of how the Holocaust has been understood, debated, and politicized in the Arab world, challenging denial and exploitation while advocating historical honesty and mutual self-criticism for meaningful dialogue.

  • Colonizing Kashmir

    Author: Hafsa Kanjwal

    ISBN: 9781503636033

    Colonizing Kashmir provides a historical account of Kashmir’s integration into India under Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, exposing repression, corruption, and religious tension while challenging dominant narratives of Indian democracy and postcolonial sovereignty.

  • Kashmir: The Case for Freedom

    Author: Arundhati Roy

    ISBN: 9781844677351

    Kashmir: The Case for Freedom delivers a forceful critique of India’s military occupation, exposing repression, violence, and global indifference, while urgently calling for justice, self-determination, and attention to one of the world’s most overlooked conflicts.

  • Kashmir at the Crossroads

    Author: Sumantra Bose

    ISBN: 9789361139581

    Kashmir at the Crossroads traces the Kashmir conflict from its roots to the present, detailing political upheaval, repression, and international entanglements, while examining the 2019 revocation of autonomy and prospects for peace amid rising nationalism.

  • Blackness and Islam

    Author: Dawud Walid

    ISBN: 9781909853195

    Blackness and Islam examines discrimination faced by Black Muslims in the West, challenges misuse of Islamic tradition to justify racism, and highlights early Black Muslims, reclaiming their place in Islamic history and calling for the faith’s true egalitarian spirit.

  • Muslim Cool

    Author: Su'ad Abdul Khabeer

    ISBN: 978-1479894505

    Muslim Cool explores how American Muslims shape identity through dress, hip-hop, activism, and “Muslim Cool,” examining race, class, gender, and nationality in identity formation among Black and non-Black Muslims in the US.

  • The Muslim 100

    Author: Muhammad Mojlum Khan

    ASIN: ‎B00CB5V2X6

    Muslim 100 presents 100 concise profiles of influential figures from the Muslim world across fourteen centuries, highlighting their ideas, achievements, and impact to provide an accessible overview of Islamic history and culture.

  • Beyond Bilal

    Author: Mustafa Briggs

    ISBN: 9798413213117

    Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam uncovers the overlooked legacy of Black Muslims, from early Islamic figures to African empires, highlighting their vital contributions across centuries and continents and celebrating their enduring impact on Islamic and world history.

  • Return to Ruin

    Author: Zainab Saleh

    ISBN: 9781503607026

    Return to Ruin shares the stories of Iraqi exiles in London shaped by decades of U.S. involvement in Iraq. Based on 14 years of fieldwork, it explores how displacement, memory, and identity intertwine with hopes for a future beyond loss and upheaval.

  • Demystifying Shariah

    Author: Sumbul Ali-Karamali

    ISBN: 9780807038008

    Demystifying Shariah offers an accessible guide to the history, principles, and future of shariah, showing its global legal influence and relevance to the US. It challenges misinformation and fear-mongering about a supposed “shariah takeover.”

  • On Religion and Morality

    Author: Alija Izetbegović

    ISBN: 9781905837915

    On Religion and Morality collects writings smuggled from prison, reflecting on freedom, politics, history, and faith. Written during five years under Yugoslav Communist rule, these notebooks offer profound spiritual and philosophical insights.

  • The Land in Our Bones

    Author: Layla K. Feghali

    ISBN: 9781623179144

    The Land in Our Bones explores Lebanon and Cana’an’s healing plants, inviting diasporic readers to reconnect with land and kin through “Plantcestral Re-Membrance,” a practice of healing, belonging, and survival amid displacement and colonization.

  • The Weight of Ghosts

    Author: Laila Halaby

    ISBN: 9781636281346

    The Weight of Ghosts is a lyrical exploration of grief after the author’s son’s death, woven with her younger son’s struggles and the nation’s own reckoning. Both immigrant and love story, it is raw yet hopeful, offering a powerful testament to resilience and loss.

  • The Big Book of Muslim Scientists

    Author: Heather Alfonso

    ISBN: 9798883191984

    The Big Book of Muslim Scientists celebrates Muslim contributions to science from the golden age to today. Highlighting figures like Ibn al-Haytham, Ibn Sina, and Fatima al-Fihri, it showcases their groundbreaking work and lasting impact on knowledge and discovery.

  • The Biggest Prison on Earth

    Author: Ilan Pappé

    ISBN: 9781851685875

    The Biggest Prison on Earth by Ilan Pappé draws on newly declassified archives to expose how Israel built a legal and military system to control Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, depicting the region as the world’s largest open-air prison.

  • Things you May Find Hidden in my Ear

    Author: Mosab Abu Toha

    ISBN: 9780872868601

    Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear is a debut poetry collection from Gaza that contrasts violence with beauty, portraying resilience, hope, and culture under siege. It includes an interview on the poet’s life and vision.

  • The Wild Fox of Yemen

    Author: Threa Almontaser

    ISBN: 9781644450505

    The Wild Fox of Yemen is a debut collection weaving faith, ancestry, and identity. Mixing languages and voices, it celebrates Yemen and Muslim womanhood in post-9/11 NYC, confronting imperialism while carving home with raw energy and tenderness.

  • What to Count

    Author: Alise Alousi

    ISBN: 9780814350706

    What to Count explores growing up Iraqi American during the Gulf War, blending motherhood, memory, and identity. Her lyrical poems weave personal and collective histories, reflecting on legacy, distance, and creative survival.

  • Perfect Victims

    Author: Mohammed el-Kurd

    ISBN: 9798888903155

    Perfect Victims affirms Palestinian resistance and dignity amid settler-colonial violence, blending testimony and history to challenge perceptions, reject deference, and demand honest recognition and justice.

  • Rifqa

    Author: Mohammed el-Kurd

    ISBN: 9781642595864

    Rifqa is a poetry collection honoring his grandmother, a symbol of Palestinian resilience. Through her story, the poems confront Israeli settler colonialism, the Nakba, and ongoing struggles, affirming Palestinian resistance and the fight for justice.

  • Before the Next Bomb Drops

    Author: Rami Kanazi

    ISBN: 9781608465248

    Before the Next Bomb Drops presents raw, honest portraits of Palestinians under occupation and in diaspora, highlighting resilience and liberation, while addressing racism, police brutality, US militarism, and Islamophobia, connecting struggles worldwide.

  • Birthright

    Author: George Abraham

    ISBN: 9781943735679

    Birthright is a debut poetry collection exploring “Free Palestine,” inheritance, and existence. Through emotional, striking poems, it confronts generational trauma, questions what is owed, and examines the meaning of birthright and the search for home.

  • Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

    Author: Noor Hindi

    ISBN: 9781642596960

    Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow. is a bold poetry collection confronting colonialism, religion, and patriarchy. With sharp insight and daring language, it exposes harsh truths about identity and injustice while urging readers toward awareness and change.

  • The Butterfly's Burden

    Author: Mahmoud Darwish

    ISBN: 9781556592416

    The Butterfly’s Burden captures exile, love, and resistance through lyrical poetry. Blending tradition with innovation, Darwish weaves tenderness and defiance, memory and hope, offering a timeless reflection on the Palestinian experience and the human condition.

  • In the Precense of Absence

    Author: Mahmoud Darwish

    ISBN: 9781935744016

    In the Presence of Absence is a luminous self-elegy blending poetry and prose. Written in the shadow of death, it reflects on love, loss, exile, and Palestine, offering a farewell that captures life’s beauty, tension, and continual becoming.

  • If I Must Die

    Author: Refaat Alareer

    ISBN: 9781682196212

    If I Must Die, published after Refaat Alareer’s killing in a 2023 airstrike, gathers his poetry and prose. A Gazan writer, teacher, and activist, he reflects on literature, loss, and Palestine, affirming his enduring belief in words as resistance against erasure.

  • The Forest of Noise

    Author: Mosab Abu Toha

    ISBN: 9780593803974

    Forest of Noise, written amid the rubble of his bombed home, is Mosab Abu Toha’s powerful poetic chronicle of life under siege. Blending horror with fragile beauty, he captures war’s devastation and everyday resilience, affirming art’s survival against erasure.

  • Centering Black Narrative

    Author: Ahmad Mubarak and Dawud Walid

    ISBN: 9780998278100

    Centering Black Narrative explores Blackness in the Prophet’s family and early Muslim heritage, challenging Eurocentric racial frameworks and reclaiming a vital place for Black Muslims in Islamic history.

  • Dreaming of Freedom

    Author: Norma Hashim

    ISBN: 9789832344933

    Dreaming of Freedom: Palestinian Child Prisoners Speak shares firsthand accounts of Palestinian children enduring arrest, detention, and life under military rule. Their voices reveal both deep injustice and remarkable resilience, demanding recognition and empathy.

  • Contemporary Art from the Middle East

    Author: Hamid Keshmirshekan

    ISBN: 9781784530020

    Contemporary Art from the Middle East gathers essays by curators and historians showing how regional artists engage global art discourses, challenging fixed notions of identity and highlighting their role in today’s transnational art world.

  • The Wealth of Women

    Author: Rabab Razik

    ISBN: 9780860379041

    The Wealth of Women explores how Islamic tradition grants women financial independence across marriage, divorce, and widowhood. Highlighting the gap between law and practice, it calls for revisiting rulings to ensure justice and empowerment today.