So Many Islands breaks out bold new writing from the distant shores of countries in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific oceans. Here you will find poems about revolution and protest. You will be transported to Marakei, ‘the […]
Fiction
Dance of the Jakaranda
Peter Kimani
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 1963. Kenya is on the verge of independence from British colonial rule. In the Great Rift Valley, Kenyans of all backgrounds come together in the previously white-only establishment of […]
Don’t Panic, I’m Islamic
Edited by Lynn Gaspard
A Sunday Times Best Humour Book of the Year 2017 ‘Bursting with creativity, wit and intelligence’ Brian Eno How can you tell if your neighbour is speaking Muslim? Is a mosque a kind of hedgehog? Can I get […]
The Things I Would Tell You
Edited by Sabrina Mahfouz
A Guardian Best Book of the Year 2017 From established literary heavyweights to emerging spoken word artists, the writers in this ground-breaking collection blow away the narrow image of the ‘Muslim Woman’. Hear from users of Islamic Tinder, […]
Istanbul Istanbul
Burhan Sönmez
Winner of the EBRD Literature Prize 2018 Istanbul is a city of a million cells, and every cell is an Istanbul unto itself. Below the ancient streets of Istanbul, four prisoners – Demirtay the student, the doctor, Kamo the […]
About My Mother
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Longlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize Since she’s been ill, Lalla Fatma has become a frail little thing with a faltering memory. Lalla Fatma thinks she’s in Fez in 1944, where she grew up, not in Tangier in […]