Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation

The translations published in this series are from Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish novels, short stories, poetry, and memoirs written in the last century.

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• The Puppet by Ibrahim al-Koni
  Translated by William M. Hutchins (2010)

• Year of the Elephant (Revised Edition) by Leila Abouzeid
  Translated by Barbara Parmenter
  With a new introduction by Barbara Harlow (2009)

• I've Learned Some Things 
by Ataol Behramoğlu
  Translated by Walter G. Andrews (2008)

• Talk of Darkness, 
by Fatna El Bouih 

  Translated by Mustapha Kamal and Susan Slyomovics (2008)

• Fortune Told in Blood,
 by Davud Ghaffarzadegan

  Translated by M. R. Ghanoonparvar (2008)

• Siraaj: An Arab Tale,
 by Radwa Ashour

  Translated by Barbara Romaine (2007)

• Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London, 
by Haifa Zangana

  Translated by Judy Cumberbatch (2007)

• Orpheus, by Nazlı Eray

  Translated by Robert Finn
  Introduction by Sibel Erol (2006)

• The Director and Other Stories from Morocco, by Leila Abouzeid

  Translated by the author
  Introduction by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea (2005)

• Folktales from Syria, 
Collected by Samir Tahhan 

  Translated and with an introduction by Andrea Rugh (2004)

• Whatever Happened to Antara? and Other Stories, 
by Walid Ikhlassi 

  Translated by Asmahan Sallah and Chris Ellery

  Introduction by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea (2004)

• A Mansion in the Sky and Other Short Stories, 
by Goli Taraghi
  Translated by Faridoun Farrokh (2003)

• Children of the Waters, by Ibtihal Salem
  Translated by Marilyn Booth (2002)

• They Die Strangers, by Mohammad Abdul Wali
  Translated by Deborah Akers and Abubaker Bagader (2001)

• Passage to Dusk, by Rashid al-Daif
  Translated by Nirvana Tanoukhi (2001)

• Return to Childhood, by Leila Abouzeid
  Translated by the author, with Heather Logan Taylor
  Forward by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea (1998)

• Houses Behind the Trees, by Mohamed el-Bisatie
  Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies (1998) (out of print)

• Ottoman Lyric Poetry: an Anthology, edited by Walter Andrews (1997) (out of print)

• Flight Against Time, by Emily Nasrallah (1997) (out of print)

• Curfew, by Adalet Ağaoğlu
  Translated by Sir John Goulden (1997) (out of print)

• The Game of Forgetting, by Mohamed Berrada
  Translated by Issa Boullata (1996) (out of print)

• Satan's Stones, by Moniru Ravanipur
  Edited by M.R. Ghanoonparvar (1996) (out of print)

• No Rattling of Sabers: An Anthology of Israeli War Poetry
  Translated by Esther Raizen (1995)

• Suri & Co.: Tales of a Persian Teenage Girl, by Mahshid Amirshahi
  Translated by J. E. Knorzer
  Forward by Hafez Farmayan (1995) (out of print)

• The Unreadable Shores of Love, Turkish Modernity and Mystic Romance, by Victoria Holbrook (1994) (out of print)

• The Waiting List, by Daisy Al-Amir
  Translated by Barbara Parmenter (1994)

• Daughter of Damascus, by Siham Tergeman
  Translated by Andrea Rugh (1993)

• The Wiles of Men and Other Stories, by Salwa Bakr
  Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies (1993) (out of print)

• Stories by Egyptian Women
  Edited and translated by Marilyn Booth (1993) (out of print)

• Fragments of Memory, by Hanna Mina
  Translated by Olive Kenny and Lorne Kenny (1993) (out of print)

• Please, No Police, by Aras Oren
  Translated by Teoman Sipahigil (1992) (out of print)

• The Sheltered Quarter, A Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca, by Hamza Bogary
  Translated by Jeremy Reed and Olive Kenny (1991)

• Stories by Iranian Women Since the Revolution
  Translated by Soraya Sullivan (1991) (out of print)

• An Introduction to Arab Poetics, by Adonis (1990) (out of print)

• Istanbul Boy, The Autobiography of Aziz Nesin, Part 3
  Translated by Joseph Jacobson (1990) (out of print)

• Egyptian Earth, by Abdel Al-Sharqawi (1990) (out of print)

• All That's Left to You, by Ghassan Kanafani
  Translated by Jeremy Reed and May Jayyusi (1990) (out of print)

• The Literature of Modern Arabia, edited by Salma Jayussi (1990) (out of print)

• Year of the Elephant, A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence, by Leila Abouzeid
  Translated by Barbara Parmenter
  Forward by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea (1989)

• Maze of Justice, by Tawfik Al-Hakim (1989) (out of print)