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  • Bibliography:
    3 Books
  • First Book:
    June 2010
  • Latest Book:
    August 2018
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Book List in Order: 3 titles



  • Beirut is the 2009 World Book Capital, as designated by UNESCO, and at the center of the festivities, in collaboration with the world-renowned Hay Festival, is a competition to identify the thirty-nine most promising young talents in Arab literature....



  • "Among them these writers encompass, if not a Baghdad entire, then at least a Baghdad of diverse experiences and perspectives, and absolutely a Baghdad focused on the Arabic world and not the Western."--NPR Books

    "Characters in this collecti...



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    A fully revised third edition in translation of this best-selling ''gem of autobiographical writing'' in the Arab world, by an author who has been called ''a relentless raconteur'', ''a modern Odysseus'', ''the Iraqi Don Quixote''. Providentially lea...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Samuel Shimon has published 3 books.

Samuel Shimon does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Baghdad Noir, was published in August 2018.

The first book by Samuel Shimon, Beirut 39: New Writing from the Arab World, was published in June 2010.

No. Samuel Shimon does not write books in series.