Publishers Saqi Books

Colour, Light and Wonder in Isla...

Idries Trevathan

Cover for Idries Trevathan · Colour, Light and Wonder in Islamic Art (Paperback Book) (2024)

A River Dies of Thirst: Diaries

Mahmoud Darwish

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The Queer Arab Glossary

Cover for Marwan Kaabour · The Queer Arab Glossary (Paperback Book) (2024)

Forbidden Agendas: Intolerance &...

Cover for Khamsin · Forbidden Agendas: Intolerance & Defiance in the Middle East (Hardcover Book) (2001)

My End is My Beginning - Saqi Bo...

Cover for Moris Farhi · My End is My Beginning - Saqi Bookshelf (Paperback Book) (2020)

Islamic State: The Digital Calip...

Abdel-Bari Atwan

Cover for Abdel-Bari Atwan · Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate (Paperback Book) [New edition] (2015)

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Rise: Extraordinary Women of Col...

Cover for Maliha Abidi · Rise: Extraordinary Women of Colour who Changed the World (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Striking From The Margins: State...

Cover for Aziz Al-azmeh · Striking From The Margins: State, Religion and Devolution of Authority in the Middle East (Paperback Book) (2021)

Return to the Shadows

Alison Pargeter

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Things I Would Tell You: British...

Mahfouz, Sabrina (Ed)

Cover for Mahfouz, Sabrina (Ed) · Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write (Paperback Book) (2017)

The Gulf Cooperation Council Sta...

Yousef Khalifa Al-Yousef

Cover for Yousef Khalifa Al-Yousef · The Gulf Cooperation Council States: Hereditary Succession, Oil and Foreign Powers 2017 (Hardcover Book) (2017)

Nabil Anani: Palestine, Land and...

Cover for Nabil Anani · Nabil Anani: Palestine, Land and People (Paperback Book) (2018)

The Sultan's Feast: A Fifteenth-...

Ibn Mubarak Shah

Cover for Ibn Mubarak Shah · The Sultan's Feast: A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook (Paperback Book) (2020)

Syria: A Recent History

Cover for John McHugo · Syria: A Recent History (Paperback Book) (2015)

Enemy on the Euphrates: The Batt...

Cover for Ian Rutledge · Enemy on the Euphrates: The Battle for Iraq, 1914-1921 (Paperback Book) (2015)

Desert Songs of the Night: 1500 ...

Bushrui, Suheil (Ed)

Cover for Bushrui, Suheil (Ed) · Desert Songs of the Night: 1500 Years of Arabic Literature (Paperback Book) (2015)

Calligraphies of the Desert

Hassan Massoudy

Cover for Hassan Massoudy · Calligraphies of the Desert (Paperback Book) (2020)

I Can Only Tell You What My Eyes...

Cover for Giles Duley · I Can Only Tell You What My Eyes See (Paperback Book) (2017)

Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the ...

Cover for Gilbert Achcar · Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising (Paperback Book) (2016)

Midnight in Cairo: The Female St...

Raphael Cormack

Cover for Raphael Cormack · Midnight in Cairo: The Female Stars of Egypt's Roaring `20s (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Revolt Against the Sun: The Sele...

Nazik Al-malaika

Cover for Nazik Al-malaika · Revolt Against the Sun: The Selected Poetry of Nazik al-Mala'ika: A Bilingual Reader (Paperback Book) (2020)

Kalakuta Republic: A Book of Poetry

Christopher Abani

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Madam Ataturk: The First Lady of...

Cover for Ipek Calislar · Madam Ataturk: The First Lady of Modern Turkey (Paperback Book) (2019)

Zeina - Saqi Bookshelf

Nawal El Saadawi

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The Quarter - Saqi Bookshelf

Cover for Naguib Mahfouz · The Quarter - Saqi Bookshelf (Hardcover Book) (2019)

Lebanese Cuisine: Past and Present

Cover for Karim Haidar · Lebanese Cuisine: Past and Present (Paperback Book) (2025)

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Winds of Change: The Challenge o...

Rohani, Cyrus (Ed)

Cover for Rohani, Cyrus (Ed) · Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa (Paperback Book) (2019)

We Wrote in Symbols: Love and Lu...

Dabbagh, Selma (Ed)

Cover for Dabbagh, Selma (Ed) · We Wrote in Symbols: Love and Lust by Arab Women Writers (Paperback Book) (2021)

Discretion - Saqi Bookshelf

Cover for Faiza Guene · Discretion - Saqi Bookshelf (Hardcover Book) (2022)

Mohamed Makiya: A Modern Archite...

Karen Dabrowska

Cover for Karen Dabrowska · Mohamed Makiya: A Modern Architect Renewing Islamic Tradition (Hardcover Book) (2021)

I Killed Scheherazade: Confessio...

Cover for Joumana Haddad · I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman (Paperback Book) (2010)

Modern Arabic Short Stories: A B...

Daniel L. Newman

Cover for Daniel L. Newman · Modern Arabic Short Stories: A Bilingual Reader (Paperback Book) (2008)

Birds' Journey to Mount Qaf

Cover for Hooda Qaddumi · Birds' Journey to Mount Qaf (Hardcover Book) (2007)

The Rise and Fall of a Palestini...

Cover for Ilan Pappe · The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty: The Husaynis 1700-1948 (Paperback Book) (2017)

The People Want: A Radical Explo...

Cover for Gilbert Achcar · The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising (Paperback Book) (2022)

This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology...

Cover for Elias Jahshan · This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers (Paperback Book) (2022)

Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zioni...

Gardner Thompson

Cover for Gardner Thompson · Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel (Paperback Book) [New edition] (2022)

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Self-Criticism After the Defeat

Sadik J. Al-Azm

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Black Britain: A Photographic Hi...

Cover for Paul Gilroy · Black Britain: A Photographic History (Paperback Book) (2007)

Memoirs of a Woman Doctor - Saqi...

Nawal El Saadawi

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Love in the Kingdom of Oil - Saq...

Nawal El Saadawi

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Political Islam: Context versus ...

Cover for Hroub · Political Islam: Context versus Ideology - SOAS Middle East Issues S. (Paperback Book) (2010)

Tehran Studio Works: The Art of ...

Cover for Shatanawi · Tehran Studio Works: The Art of Khosrow Hassanzadeh (Paperback Book) (2007)

Arabicity: Contemporary Arab Art

Issa, Rose (Ed)

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Hizbullah (Hezbollah): The Story...

Cover for Naim Qassem · Hizbullah (Hezbollah): The Story from Within: The Story from within (Paperback Book) [Revised edition] (2010)

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Contemporary Iranian Art

Hamid Keshmirshekan

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A Concise History of the Arabs

Cover for John McHugo · A Concise History of the Arabs (Paperback Book) [3rd Revised edition] (2016)

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A Mouth Full of Salt - Saqi Book...

Cover for Reem Gaafar · A Mouth Full of Salt - Saqi Bookshelf (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Syria Speaks: Art and Culture fr...

Cover for Malu Halsa · Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (Paperback Book) (2014)

Cover for Nevin Halici · Sufi Cuisine (Paperback Book) (2024)

Calligrapher's Garden

Hassan Massoudy

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Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom ...

Cover for Dr Sima Samar · Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan (Hardcover Book) (2024)

And Then God Created the Middle ...

Cover for Karl Remarks · And Then God Created the Middle East and Said “Let There Be Breaking News” (Paperback Book) (2018)

River Spirit - Saqi Bookshelf

Cover for Leila Aboulela · River Spirit - Saqi Bookshelf (Paperback Book) (2024)

Calligraphies of Love

Hassan Massoudy

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Cover for Turki Al-Hamad · Shumaisi (Paperback Book) (2004)

River Spirit - Saqi Bookshelf

Cover for Leila Aboulela · River Spirit - Saqi Bookshelf (Hardcover Book) (2023)

A Concise History of Sunnis and ...

Cover for John McHugo · A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi`is (Paperback Book) (2019)

An Unlasting Home - Saqi Bookshelf

Cover for Mai Al-Nakib · An Unlasting Home - Saqi Bookshelf (Paperback Book) (2023)

Classical Poems by Arab Women: A...

Cover for Classical Poems by Arab Women: An Anthology (Hardcover Book) [Bilingual ‘facing page’ edition] (2024)

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Midnight in Cairo: The Female St...

Raphael Cormack

Cover for Raphael Cormack · Midnight in Cairo: The Female Stars of Egypt's Roaring '20s (Paperback Book) (2022)

After Zionism: One State for Isr...

Antony Loewenstein

Cover for Antony Loewenstein · After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine (Paperback Book) (2024)

Sea of Troubles: The European Co...

Cover for Ian Rutledge · Sea of Troubles: The European Conquest of the Islamic Mediterranean and the Origins of the First World War (Hardcover Book) (2023)

Across The Green Sea: Histories ...

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Cover for Sanjay Subrahmanyam · Across The Green Sea: Histories from the Western Indian Ocean, 1440–1640 (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Dubrovnik: A History

Cover for Robin Harris · Dubrovnik: A History (Paperback Book) [New edition] (2006)

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The Earthquake - Saqi Bookshelf

Cover for Tahir Wattar · The Earthquake - Saqi Bookshelf (Paperback Book) (2024)

Yemen In Crisis: Devastating Con...

Cover for Helen Lackner · Yemen In Crisis: Devastating Conflict, Fragile Hope (Paperback Book) (2023)

Egyptian Earth - Saqi Bookshelf

Abdel Rahman Al-Sharqawi

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Woman Life Freedom: Voices and A...

Cover for Malu Halasa · Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran (Paperback Book) (2023)

Discretion - Saqi Bookshelf

Cover for Faiza Guene · Discretion - Saqi Bookshelf (Paperback Book) (2023)

Contemporary Iranian Art: New Pe...

Hamid Keshmirshekan

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Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Pale...

Marcello Di Cintio

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Diary of a Country Prosecutor - ...

Tawfik Al-Hakim

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A Man With No Title

Xavier Le Clerc

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Wild Thorns - Saqi Bookshelf

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A Map of Absence: An Anthology o...

Alshaer, Atef (Ed)

Cover for Alshaer, Atef (Ed) · A Map of Absence: An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba (Paperback Book) (2019)

The Exile's Cookbook: Medieval G...

Ibn Razin Al-Tujibi

Cover for Ibn Razin Al-Tujibi · The Exile's Cookbook: Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

Don't Panic, I'm Islamic: How to...

Gaspard, Lynn (Ed)

Cover for Gaspard, Lynn (Ed) · Don't Panic, I'm Islamic: How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Alien Next Door (Paperback Book) (2017)

All My Friends are Superheroes

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Cover for Maggie Gee · My Cleaner (Paperback Book) (2006)

For Bread Alone

Mohamed Choukri

Cover for Mohamed Choukri · For Bread Alone (Paperback Book) [2nd Revised edition] (2006)

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Cover for Bi Feiyu · Three Sisters (Paperback Book) (2010)

Cover for Moris Farhi · Young Turk (Paperback Book) [New edition] (2007)

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Ferenc Karinthy

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Cover for Maggie Gee · Ice People (Paperback Book) (2008)

Mohamed Choukri

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The Waterproof Bible

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Lady from Tel Aviv - Saqi Bookshelf

Raba'I Al-Madhoun

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The Geneva Option

Cover for Adam Lebor · The Geneva Option (Paperback Book) (2013)

Virginia Woolf in Manhattan

Cover for Maggie Gee · Virginia Woolf in Manhattan (Paperback Book) (2015)

The Hungry Ghosts

Shyam Selvadurai

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About My Mother

Tahar Ben Jelloun

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The Red Children

Cover for Maggie Gee · The Red Children (Hardcover Book) (2022)

The White Family

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Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Pal...

Mahmoud Muna-Matthew Teller

Cover for Mahmoud Muna-Matthew Teller · Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture (Paperback Book) (2024)

Cover for Leila Aboulela · A New Year (Paperback Book) (2025)

The Sultan's Sex Potions: Arab A...

Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi

Cover for Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi · The Sultan's Sex Potions: Arab Aphrodisiacs in the Middle Ages (Paperback Book) [New edition] (2025)

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The Poet and the Calligrapher

Hassan Massoudy

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The Arabs and the Holocaust: The...

Cover for Gilbert Achcar · The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab–Israeli War of Narratives (Paperback Book) [2 New edition] (2025)

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Narrative Threads: Palestinian E...

Cover for Joanna Barakat · Narrative Threads: Palestinian Embroidery in Contemporary Art (Hardcover Book) (2025)

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