Books I've read and loved:

• A Balcony over Fakihani - Liana Badr
• A Beggar at Damascus Gate - Yasimne Zahran
• A Border Passage - Leila Ahmed
• A Certain Woman - Hala al-Badry
• A Sister to Scheherazade - Assia Djebar
• Absent - Betool Khedairi
• Aisha - Ahdaf Soueif
• Arab Voices Speak to American Hearts - Samar Dahmash-Jarrah
• Baghdad Burning - Riverbend
• Baghdad Diaries - Nuha al-Radi
• Blue Aubergine - Miral al-Tahawi
• Chaos of the Senses - Ahlam Mostaghanemi
• Crescent- Diana Abu-Jaber
• Disciples of Passion - Hoda Barakat
• Distant View of a Minaret - Alifa Rifaat
• Does My Head Look Big In This - Randa AbdelFatah
• Dreams of Trespass - Fatima Mernissi
• Final Night - Buthaynah Nasiri
• Granada - Radwa Ashour
• Hope & Other Dangerous Pursuits - Laila Lalami
• I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops - Hanan al-Shaykh
• In Search of Fatima - Ghada Karmi
• In the Eye of the Sun - Ahdaf Soueif
• In the House of Silence - Fadia Faqir
• Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow - Faiza Guene
• Leaves of Narcissus - Somaya Ramadan
• Married to Another Man - Ghada Karmi
• Maryam's Maze - Mansoura Ez-eldin
• Memory in the Flesh - Ahlam Mostaghanemi
• Mezzaterra - Ahdaf Soueif
• Mornings in Jenin - Susan Abulhawa
• Naftalene - Alia Mamdouh
• Nothing to lose but your life - Suad Amiry
• Pillars of Salt - Fadia Faqir
• Sharon and My Mother-in-law - Suad Amiry
• Sitt Marie Rose - Etel Adnan
• Specters - Radwa Ashour
• The Eye of the Mirror - Liana Badr
• The Golden Chariot - Salwa Bakr
• The American Granddaughter - Inaam Kachachi
• The Inheritance - Sahar Khalifeh
• The Locust and the Bird - Hanan al-Shaykh
• The Map of Love - Ahdaf Soueif
• The Open Door - Latifah al-Zayyat
• The Poetry of Arab Women Writers - Nathalie Handal
• The Search: Personal Papers - Latifah al-Zayyat
• The Stone of Laughter - Hoda Barakat
• The Tent - Miral al-Tahawi
• The Wiles of Men - Salwa Bakr
• Touch - Adania Shibli
• Women of Sand & Myrrh - Hanan al-Shaykh
• Zataar Diva - Suheir Hammad