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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
“I Saw Ramallah" (1997), a memoir by celebrated Palestinian poet @MouridBarghouti 
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“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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇸🇾" title="Flagge von Syrien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Syrien">
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“The Return”, a memoir by Libyen novelist Hisham Matar (2016) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇱🇾" title="Flagge von Libyen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Libyen">
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“Revolution Is My Name: An Egyptian Woman& #39;s Diary from Eighteen Days in Tahrir” (2012) by author and activist Mona Prince https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇬" title="Flagge von Ägypten" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Ägypten">
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“Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter” (2017) by Algerian militant Zohra Drif https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇿" title="Flagge von Algerien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Algerien">
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“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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇶" title="Flagge des Irak" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Irak"> I’d equally recommend the recently published graphic memoir “The Woolf of Baghdad” by Carol Issacs (2020)
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“After the Last Sky” by Edward Said , an exploration of Palestinian life and identity, featuring photographs by Jean Mohr (1986) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇸" title="Flagge der Palästinensischen Autonomiegebiete" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Palästinensischen Autonomiegebiete">
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What other Arab auto/biographical narratives would you suggest?
