Ahlan wa sahlan! Thank you for joining in with us in the Year of the Middle Eastern Reading Challenge (YMERC).
Author: Reading Between the Dunes
The Scent Keeper
Well-written and thought-provoking, The Scent Keeper is the read you didn't know you needed.
Hakawati Jinn – Chapter One
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May Book Wrap-up
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Ahlan wa sahlan! Thank you for joining in with me in the Year of the Middle Eastern Reading Challenge (YMERC)!
The Morning they Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria
The Morning they Came for Us is one of those books you don't read, but experience. If you're human, you will feel, and you will feel deeply. I recommend setting aside time to both read and take breaks to reflect while reading, especially with the descriptions of torture and violence.
5 Female International Music Artists With Arab Roots You Knew Little About
By: Jana Shorbagy
We’re all familiar with every single international artist either female or male, were also familiar with some of the OG arab queens like, Asala, Myriam Fares, Elissa, and Nancy Ajram for example. However, there are some pretty cool young, originally arab, female music artists on the rise internationally, and while only parts of their songs are in arabic, their music is interdisciplinary and amazing to listen to. The whole euro-arab and/or us-arab fusion is out of this world, each artist on this list is worth a listen, for real.
1- Faouzia
Canadian-Moroccan (19 year old) singer and song writer – also rift queen, Faouzia. She was born in Casablanca but later moved with her family to Manitoba, Canada. She started out on YouTube pretty young, writing and performing her own songs before she got signed and went viral about 8 months ago via her Beyoncé rift and…
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Snow Lands on Top
Suzanne Collins strikes again with the fourth installment of the Hunger Games series. This one follows Cornelius Snow before he's become President Snow, when he's just 18 years old. A perfect companion to the series, and frankly, I want more Snow books.
Ethnically Arab blogger award
This award is for those who are Middle Eastern or of Middle Eastern descent or who support Middle Eastern culture. Their blog content doesn't matter - they could write about Arab culture, books, fashion, or anything in between.
How to be a $100k author
What makes a $100k author?
