🕊️ Palestinian Memoir

First-person accounts of Palestinian life under occupation, in exile, or between worlds — intimate testimonies that render political abstractions into deeply personal, unforgettable narratives.

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare

The Drone Eats with Me 94%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare

I Shall Not Hate

by Izzeldin Abuelaish • 2010

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

4.32

8k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

I Shall Not Hate 93%

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

by Izzeldin Abuelaish 2010

4.32

8k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Other Side of Israel

by Susan Nathan • 2005

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

4.08

274

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening

The Other Side of Israel 93%

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

by Susan Nathan 2005

4.08

274 ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening

Letters From Gaza

by Mahmoud Alshaer • 2025

Displaced five times, libraries in rubble: letters Gazan writers sent from inside the siege.

4.80

259

🎙️ War Testimonies 🏛️ Cultural Erasure ✍️ Writing As Resistance

Letters From Gaza 92%

Displaced five times, libraries in rubble: letters Gazan writers sent from inside the siege.

by Mahmoud Alshaer 2025

4.80

259 ratings

🎙️ War Testimonies 🏛️ Cultural Erasure ✍️ Writing As Resistance

The Pianist from Syria

by Aeham Ahmad • 2017

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

4.27

2k+

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance

The Pianist from Syria 92%

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

by Aeham Ahmad 2017

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance

Culture and Resistance

by Edward W. Said • 2003

Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.

4.10

419

🇵🇸 Palestinian History ⚔️ Israel Palestine 🗣️ Language And Power

Culture and Resistance 91%

Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.

by Edward W. Said 2003

4.10

419 ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian History ⚔️ Israel Palestine 🗣️ Language And Power

Son of Hamas

by Mosab Hassan Yousef • 2011

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

4.24

19k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

Son of Hamas 91%

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

by Mosab Hassan Yousef 2011

4.24

19k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

Gaza in Crisis

by Ilan Pappé • 2010

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

4.15

2k+

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Gaza in Crisis 91%

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

by Ilan Pappé 2010

4.15

2k+ ratings

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Hostage

by Eli Sharabi • 2025

He read his captors like a book. The worst news arrived the day he was freed.

4.74

11k+

🪢 Hostage Memoirs 🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🧠 Psychological Resilience

Hostage 90%

He read his captors like a book. The worst news arrived the day he was freed.

by Eli Sharabi 2025

4.74

11k+ ratings

🪢 Hostage Memoirs 🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🧠 Psychological Resilience

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 90%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Ten Myths About Israel

by Ilan Pappé • 2017

Ten founding myths of Israel, debunked: the land wasn't empty and the flight wasn't voluntary.

4.40

6k+

🇵🇸 Israel-Palestine 🏴 Settler Colonialism 📜 Historical Revisionism

Ten Myths About Israel 90%

Ten founding myths of Israel, debunked: the land wasn't empty and the flight wasn't voluntary.

by Ilan Pappé 2017

4.40

6k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Israel-Palestine 🏴 Settler Colonialism 📜 Historical Revisionism

Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal

by Mohammed El-Kurd • 2025

The sympathy economy demands Palestinians be broken, blameless, and silent about who broke them.

4.77

6k+

🕊️ Palestinian Liberation ✊ Anti-Colonial Thought 📺 Media Criticism

Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal Summary

Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal 90%

The sympathy economy demands Palestinians be broken, blameless, and silent about who broke them.

by Mohammed El-Kurd 2025

4.77

6k+ ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Liberation ✊ Anti-Colonial Thought 📺 Media Criticism

Bibi

by Benjamin Netanyahu • 2022

A commando's memoir: how hostage rescues, economic overhaul, and a new diplomatic map remade Israel.

4.43

2k+

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 📜 Political Memoir 🕊️ Middle East Peace

Bibi 90%

A commando's memoir: how hostage rescues, economic overhaul, and a new diplomatic map remade Israel.

by Benjamin Netanyahu 2022

4.43

2k+ ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 📜 Political Memoir 🕊️ Middle East Peace

From Miniskirt to Hijab

by Jacqueline Saper • 2019

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

4.16

667

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

From Miniskirt to Hijab 90%

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

by Jacqueline Saper 2019

4.16

667 ratings

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

Palestine

by Jimmy Carter • 2006

The peace treaty Carter brokered was honored. The promises to Palestinians inside it were not.

3.92

5k+

🗺️ Israel Palestine 🤝 Middle East Diplomacy 🚧 Occupied Territories

Palestine 90%

The peace treaty Carter brokered was honored. The promises to Palestinians inside it were not.

by Jimmy Carter 2006

3.92

5k+ ratings

🗺️ Israel Palestine 🤝 Middle East Diplomacy 🚧 Occupied Territories

Except for Palestine

by Marc Lamont Hill • 2021

Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.

4.19

4k+

🌍 Middle East Policy 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Except for Palestine 90%

Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.

by Marc Lamont Hill 2021

4.19

4k+ ratings

🌍 Middle East Policy 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

In the Land of Invisible Women

by Qanta A. Ahmed • 2008

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

3.74

8k+

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation

In the Land of Invisible Women 90%

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008

3.74

8k+ ratings

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

by Ilan Pappé • 2024

Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.

4.37

6k+

🌍 Middle East Conflict 📜 Palestinian History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict Summary

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict 90%

Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.

by Ilan Pappé 2024

4.37

6k+ ratings

🌍 Middle East Conflict 📜 Palestinian History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Prisoner

by Jason Rezaian • 2019

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

3.88

2k+

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement

Prisoner 90%

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

by Jason Rezaian 2019

3.88

2k+ ratings

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

5k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Lipstick Jihad 90%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad • 2025

The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.

4.57

67k+

🏛️ Western Liberalism 🎭 Liberal Complicity 📰 Media Critique

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Summary

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 90%

The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.

by Omar El Akkad 2025

4.57

67k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Liberalism 🎭 Liberal Complicity 📰 Media Critique

On Palestine

by Noam Chomsky • 2015

The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.

4.26

13k+

🇵🇸 Israel Palestine 🏘️ Settler Colonialism 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy

On Palestine 90%

The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.

by Noam Chomsky 2015

4.26

13k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Israel Palestine 🏘️ Settler Colonialism 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy

Tomorrow Is Yesterday

by Hussein Agha • 2025

Diplomacy suppressed the past, so the past kept returning, until it finally overwhelmed the present.

3.96

502

💥 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 📜 Peace Process Critique 🏘️ Settler Colonialism

Tomorrow Is Yesterday 90%

Diplomacy suppressed the past, so the past kept returning, until it finally overwhelmed the present.

by Hussein Agha 2025

3.96

502 ratings

💥 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 📜 Peace Process Critique 🏘️ Settler Colonialism

Kabul Beauty School

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

26k+

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

Kabul Beauty School 90%

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2007

3.67

26k+ ratings

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

The Message

by Ta-Nehisi Coates • 2024

He built a reparations model on Israel. Visiting Palestine exposed the victims his blueprint erased.

4.49

45k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian Occupation 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 👻 Collective Memory

The Message 90%

He built a reparations model on Israel. Visiting Palestine exposed the victims his blueprint erased.

by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2024

4.49

45k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian Occupation 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 👻 Collective Memory

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine

by Michael Scott-Baumann • 2023

In 1917, Britain made two promises about the same land. The consequences never ended.

4.12

3k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics 📖 Concise Histories

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine Summary

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine 90%

In 1917, Britain made two promises about the same land. The consequences never ended.

by Michael Scott-Baumann 2023

4.12

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics 📖 Concise Histories

The Story of a Life

by Aharon Appelfeld • 1983

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

3.89

921

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

The Story of a Life 89%

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

by Aharon Appelfeld 1983

3.89

921 ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

Against the Loveless World

by Susan Abulhawa • 2019

Locked in the Cube, a Palestinian woman writes her life: dancer, outcast, rebel, lover.

4.50

32k+

🕊️ Palestinian Resistance 🧳 Exile And Displacement 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist

Against the Loveless World 89%

Locked in the Cube, a Palestinian woman writes her life: dancer, outcast, rebel, lover.

by Susan Abulhawa 2019

4.50

32k+ ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Resistance 🧳 Exile And Displacement 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist

The Gates of Gaza

by Amir Tibon • 2024

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

4.63

2k+

🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure

The Gates of Gaza 89%

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

by Amir Tibon 2024

4.63

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure

Discover Your True North

by Bill George • 2015

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

3.9

1k+

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women

Discover Your True North 89%

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

by Bill George 2015

3.9

1k+ ratings

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women

Daughter of Persia

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian • 1992

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

4.13

2k+

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women'S Stories

Daughter of Persia 89%

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian 1992

4.13

2k+ ratings

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women'S Stories

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

by Rashid Khalidi • 2020

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

4.49

36k+

🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine 89%

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

by Rashid Khalidi 2020

4.49

36k+ ratings

🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing

Can We Talk About Israel?

by Daniel Sokatch • 2021

A guide to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for people who want to move beyond the slogans.

4.33

2k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics ✡️ Zionism History

Can We Talk About Israel? 89%

A guide to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for people who want to move beyond the slogans.

by Daniel Sokatch 2021

4.33

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics ✡️ Zionism History

The Road to Mecca

by Muhammad Asad • 1954

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

4.49

6k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

The Road to Mecca 89%

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

by Muhammad Asad 1954

4.49

6k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

Reading Lolita in Tehran

by Azar Nafisi • 2003

Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.

3.66

141k+

🕌 Iranian Memoir 🇮🇷 Women In Iran 📖 Literary Memoir

Reading Lolita in Tehran 89%

Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.

by Azar Nafisi 2003

3.66

141k+ ratings

🕌 Iranian Memoir 🇮🇷 Women In Iran 📖 Literary Memoir

A Genocide Foretold

by Chris Hedges • 2025

Gaza: not a war but the predictable endpoint of settler colonialism, backed by American billions.

4.57

542

🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Palestinian Resistance 🇺🇸 US Foreign Policy

A Genocide Foretold 89%

Gaza: not a war but the predictable endpoint of settler colonialism, backed by American billions.

by Chris Hedges 2025

4.57

542 ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Palestinian Resistance 🇺🇸 US Foreign Policy

Persian Girls

by Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

3.92

4k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

Persian Girls 89%

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

by Nahid Rachlin 2006

3.92

4k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

In the Land of Israel

by Amos Oz • 1982

After Sabra and Shatila, a novelist travels Israel asking one question: What now?

4.11

856

🕊️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🎙️ Oral History 🇮🇱 Israeli Society

In the Land of Israel 89%

After Sabra and Shatila, a novelist travels Israel asking one question: What now?

by Amos Oz 1982

4.11

856 ratings

🕊️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🎙️ Oral History 🇮🇱 Israeli Society

Paradiso 17

by Hannah Lillith Assadi • 2026

Exiled from Palestine at five, he searches the world for home and finds only more leaving.

3.78

1k+

🗝️ Palestinian Diaspora 🌳 Generational Saga 💑 Cross-Cultural Marriage

Paradiso 17 89%

Exiled from Palestine at five, he searches the world for home and finds only more leaving.

by Hannah Lillith Assadi 2026

3.78

1k+ ratings

🗝️ Palestinian Diaspora 🌳 Generational Saga 💑 Cross-Cultural Marriage

The Upstairs Wife

by Rafia Zakaria • 2015

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

3.78

1k+

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir

The Upstairs Wife 89%

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

by Rafia Zakaria 2015

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir

The World After Gaza

by Pankaj Mishra • 2025

The West did not remember the Holocaust to prevent genocide. It remembered to license it.

4.06

1k+

🧠 Memory Politics 🕯️ Holocaust Memory 🌍 Decolonization

The World After Gaza 89%

The West did not remember the Holocaust to prevent genocide. It remembered to license it.

by Pankaj Mishra 2025

4.06

1k+ ratings

🧠 Memory Politics 🕯️ Holocaust Memory 🌍 Decolonization

Palestine

by Nur Masalha • 2018

Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.

4.03

1k+

🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Palestine 🌍 Settler Colonialism

Palestine 89%

Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.

by Nur Masalha 2018

4.03

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Palestine 🌍 Settler Colonialism

1001 Nights in Iraq

by Shant Kenderian • 2005

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

3.93

146

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

1001 Nights in Iraq 89%

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

by Shant Kenderian 2005

3.93

146 ratings

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

The Boy on the Wooden Box

by Leon Leyson • 2013

Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.

4.38

30k+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 👦 Child Survivor 🧱 Ghetto Life

The Boy on the Wooden Box 89%

Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.

by Leon Leyson 2013

4.38

30k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 👦 Child Survivor 🧱 Ghetto Life

Iran Awakening

by Shirin Ebadi • 2006

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

4.18

6k+

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism

Iran Awakening 89%

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

by Shirin Ebadi 2006

4.18

6k+ ratings

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism

The Wall

by William Sutcliffe • 2013

He crosses under the wall, finds a starving girl, and loses the world he knew.

3.71

1k+

🏚️ Occupied Territory 💔 Forbidden Friendship 🗳️ Political Awakening

The Wall 89%

He crosses under the wall, finds a starving girl, and loses the world he knew.

by William Sutcliffe 2013

3.71

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Occupied Territory 💔 Forbidden Friendship 🗳️ Political Awakening

Until We Are Free

by Shirin Ebadi • 2016

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

4.27

2k+

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression

Until We Are Free 89%

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

by Shirin Ebadi 2016

4.27

2k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression

The Return

by Hisham Matar • 2016

Decades after Qaddafi made his father disappear, a son returns to Libya seeking answers.

4.16

16k+

🇱🇾 Libyan History 🔍 Forced Disappearance 🏠 Exile And Belonging

The Return 89%

Decades after Qaddafi made his father disappear, a son returns to Libya seeking answers.

by Hisham Matar 2016

4.16

16k+ ratings

🇱🇾 Libyan History 🔍 Forced Disappearance 🏠 Exile And Belonging

Tears of the Desert

by Halima Bashir • 2008

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

4.24

4k+

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

Tears of the Desert 89%

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

by Halima Bashir 2008

4.24

4k+ ratings

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

Untitled

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh • 2016

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

3.76

1k+

🗣️ Muslim Women'S Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America

Untitled 89%

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh 2016

3.76

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Muslim Women'S Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America

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