Master of the Eclipse by Etel Adnan

In this collection of short stories, Adnan transports us to different worlds, different realms and sensations. The renowned Lebanese-American writer and poet returns with a gripping collection of stories that intertwine realities of isolation in the streets of New York, Paris and Beirut. Adnan delivers a unique collection of prose literature and encapsulates the different evoked spaces and characters into a world of her creation. 

A girl made of dust by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi

Nathalie Abi-Ezzi tells the story of young Ruba living near war-torn Beirut in the 1980s. Growing in a difficult household, the young girl is driven to uncover the mysteries behind her father's malaise. As the truth is uncovered and Israeli troops rapidly invade the shores of Lebanon, Ruba seeks to protect her family while she sets on a journey that will define her adulthood. 

A world I loved by Wadad Makdisi Cortas

A world I loved is the memoir of Wadad Makdisi Cortas, an advocate for women's equality and headmistress of the Ahliah School for Girls in Beirut for forty years. Published posthumously in Arabic in 1982, the writings unveil the portrait of a dedicated and politically driven woman who believed and loved the world she grew up and emancipated in.  These memoirs bear witness to a woman growing up in a world continually torn by war and her ongoing struggle to bring knowledge to all people of different origins and sects.