This book’s narrative thread is evidently part-biographical ... The insurgents had massacred cadets from Hafez’s Alawite sect, and after an attempt on Hafez the regime had responded with a massacre of ...

Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our ...

Is it possible for a book to feel both timely and like a relic from a different era? In the case of The Islamic Moses, by the Turkish writer Mustafa Akyol, the answer is yes. The book was completed ...

We live in a time of prophets. The planet’s richest man has vowed to colonize Mars. Chatbots and AI portend job losses. And for bibliophiles, dystopian fiction explores the grim near-future, from ...

Black Woods, Blue Sky” showcases author Eowyn Ivey’s imaginative powers and a deep knowledge of Alaska and its beings.

Moroccan novelist Abdellah Taïa’s new book, translated from French to English by Emma Ramadan, ‘Living in Your Light’, goes straight to the source of Taia’s life: his late mother, M’Barka Allali Taïa.

Recalling the trauma of losing his worldly goods, the novelist and travel writer uses silence as a path to peace amid constant turmoil.

As Syria recovers from 13 years of civil war and five decades under the Assad regime, its citizens face the daunting task of rebuilding their nation. Saleh Hawa, a Syrian literature professor and ...

In Ali Smith's latest novel, "Gliff," a brother and sister befriend a horse in a dystopian future. NPR's Scott Simon explores the issue of authoritarianism with the novelist and playwright.

Middle Eastern representation is notably scarce in New York. ”English” and ”A Knock on the Roof" seeks to change that.

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire ...