Review: Son Of Sin by Omar Sakr

A heady mix of mundane and heavenly, the sins of the flesh and the yearning of the spirit.

Review: The Other Half Of You by Michael Mohammad Ahmad

A bracing read about modern masculinity.

Review: Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (translated by Elisabeth Jaquette)

A short, seething and immaculate novel about what it’s like living in Israeli occupied Palestine.

Review: The Lost Arabs by Omar Sakr

The Lost Arabs is a collection of cosmological, mystical poetry, a search for belonging and god in hell on earth.

Review: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

Celestial Bodies achieves a kind of literary perfection.