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10 Auto/biographical accounts from/about the Arab region that are worth reading (available in English).
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“Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World” (2019) an anthology of firsthand accounts by Arab female journalists, edited by @ZahraHankir
“Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation” (2015) by @tomsperlinger
Syrian author and journalist Samar Yazbek’s “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution” (2012) @SamarYazbek 
“The Return”, a memoir by Libyen novelist Hisham Matar (2016) 
“Revolution Is My Name: An Egyptian Woman's Diary from Eighteen Days in Tahrir” (2012) by author and activist Mona Prince 
“Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter” (2017) by Algerian militant Zohra Drif 
“The Arab of the Future” (2014), a series of graphic memoirs by French-Syrian cartoonist Riad Sattouf
“ Baghdad Diaries: A Woman’s Chronicle of War and Exile” (2003) by Iraqi author Nuha Al-Radi 
I’d equally recommend the recently published graphic memoir “The Woolf of Baghdad” by Carol Issacs (2020)
I’d equally recommend the recently published graphic memoir “The Woolf of Baghdad” by Carol Issacs (2020)
“After the Last Sky” by Edward Said , an exploration of Palestinian life and identity, featuring photographs by Jean Mohr (1986) 
What other Arab auto/biographical narratives would you suggest?
