#UAEReads: Get to Know Your March Guest Contributors Through (some of) Their Favorite Books

Posted on by Myra Garces-Bacsal

GLLI March 2024 Curation Team here. As we are winding down and coming to the end of a month celebrating books from the UAE, we thought we would re-introduce ourselves in a different way this time, through our personal list of favorite books, both past and current. Here’s the team! Dr. Mona Aljanahi Favorite childhood … Continue reading #UAEReads: Get to Know Your March Guest Contributors Through (some of) Their Favorite Books

#UAEReads: An Armenian-Syrian Reader’s Musings on Elif Shafak’s “The Bastard Of Istanbul”

Posted on by Myra Garces-Bacsal

Meghry Vasken Nazarian here. The Bastard Of Istanbul Author: Elif Shafak  Publication Language: English Published by: Penguin Books Publication Year: 2007 (originally published 2006 in English) Translated from: Turkish to English by the author (and translated to 19 languages including Armenian) Translated Title: Baba ve Piç Theatre Adaptation: Italy  ISBN: 9780143112716 Literary Award: Orange Prize … Continue reading #UAEReads: An Armenian-Syrian Reader’s Musings on Elif Shafak’s “The Bastard Of Istanbul”