The Arabic classics, newly in English.
Two jackals scheming at a lion's court. A rogue who talks his way through every city from Basra to Samarkand. A poet's journey to the gardens of Paradise to interview the dead poets. Caliphs, Mamluks and crusaders in Jurji Zaydan's historical novels, and Cairo of 1900 seen through the eyes of a pasha back from the grave. 42 books, many in English for the first time.
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