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A Small Death by Mohammad Hassan Alwan: A Soul-Stirring Portrait of Ibn Arabi

A Small Death by Mohammad Hassan Alwan: A Soul-...

In A Small Death, Mohammad Hassan Alwan crafts a breathtaking fictional memoir of Sufi master Ibn Arabi, tracing his life from 12th-century Andalusia to the far corners of the Islamic...

A Small Death by Mohammad Hassan Alwan: A Soul-...

In A Small Death, Mohammad Hassan Alwan crafts a breathtaking fictional memoir of Sufi master Ibn Arabi, tracing his life from 12th-century Andalusia to the far corners of the Islamic...

Three Worlds by Avi Shlaim: An Arab-Jewish Memoir That Challenges the Israeli Narrative

Three Worlds by Avi Shlaim: An Arab-Jewish Memo...

In Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew, Oxford historian Avi Shlaim delivers a powerful and deeply personal account of his childhood in Baghdad, the trauma of forced exile, and the...

Three Worlds by Avi Shlaim: An Arab-Jewish Memo...

In Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew, Oxford historian Avi Shlaim delivers a powerful and deeply personal account of his childhood in Baghdad, the trauma of forced exile, and the...

The Anarchy: William Dalrymple’s Explosive History of the East India Company’s Corporate Empire

The Anarchy: William Dalrymple’s Explosive Hist...

In this week’s issue of The Ghannouj Gazette, we dive into The Anarchy by William Dalrymple—a gripping, unflinching account of how the British East India Company transformed from a spice-trading...

The Anarchy: William Dalrymple’s Explosive Hist...

In this week’s issue of The Ghannouj Gazette, we dive into The Anarchy by William Dalrymple—a gripping, unflinching account of how the British East India Company transformed from a spice-trading...

Stanley Tucci’s “Taste”: A Delicious Memoir of Food, Loss, and the Joy of Eating

Stanley Tucci’s “Taste”: A Delicious Memoir of ...

In this witty and heartfelt review of Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci, The Ghannouj Gazette explores how the beloved actor serves up more than just recipes—he delivers...

Stanley Tucci’s “Taste”: A Delicious Memoir of ...

In this witty and heartfelt review of Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci, The Ghannouj Gazette explores how the beloved actor serves up more than just recipes—he delivers...

“Table for Two” by Amor Towles: A Masterclass in Time Travel Through Storytelling

“Table for Two” by Amor Towles: A Masterclass i...

In this week’s Book Nook feature, we dive into Table for Two by Amor Towles—a dazzling collection of short stories and one novella that transport readers from communist Russia to...

“Table for Two” by Amor Towles: A Masterclass i...

In this week’s Book Nook feature, we dive into Table for Two by Amor Towles—a dazzling collection of short stories and one novella that transport readers from communist Russia to...

The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: Rescuing Africa’s Lost Libraries from the Sands of Oblivion

The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: Rescuing Africa...

Step into the legendary city of Timbuktu—once the stuff of imperial fantasy, now the site of a daring real-life rescue mission. In The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu, Charlie English uncovers...

The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: Rescuing Africa...

Step into the legendary city of Timbuktu—once the stuff of imperial fantasy, now the site of a daring real-life rescue mission. In The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu, Charlie English uncovers...