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River Spirit
- By: Leila Aboulela
- Narrated by: Waceke Wambaa
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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When Akuany and her brother Bol are orphaned in a village raid in South Sudan, they’re taken in by a young merchant Yaseen who promises to care for them, a vow that tethers him to Akuany through their adulthood. As a revolutionary leader rises to power—the self-proclaimed Mahdi, prophesied redeemer of Islam—Sudan begins to slip from the grasp of Ottoman rule, and everyone must choose a side. A scholar of the Qur’an, Yaseen feels beholden to stand against this false Mahdi, even as his choice splinters his family.
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Beautifully written descriptions of Central Africa
- By Susan S. Raines on 04-20-24
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River Spirit
- Narrated by: Waceke Wambaa
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-04-23
- Language: English
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The Kindness of Enemies
- By: Leila Aboulela
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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It's 2010, and Natasha, a half-Russian, half-Sudanese professor of Islamic studies, is researching the life of Imam Shamil, the 19th-century Muslim leader who led the anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasian War. When shy, single Natasha discovers that her star student, Oz, is not only descended from the warrior but also possesses Shamil's priceless sword, the imam's story comes vividly to life.
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Perfect
- By Amy Neiman on 02-24-16
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The Kindness of Enemies
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-16-16
- Language: English
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Minaret
- By: Leila Aboulela
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Leila Aboulela's American debut is a provocative, timely, and engaging audiobook about a young Muslim woman - once privileged and secular in her native land and now impoverished in London - gradually embracing her orthodox faith. With her Muslim hijab and down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich families whose houses she cleans in London. Twenty years ago, Najwa, then at university in Khartoum, would never have imagined that one day she would be a maid. An upper-class Westernized Sudanese, her dreams were to marry well and raise a family.
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Came for the story, stayed for the narration.
- By Hank on 03-11-16
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Minaret
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 12-10-13
- Language: English
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The Translator
- By: Leila Aboulela
- Narrated by: Judith West
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Sammar is a Sudanese widow working as an Arabic translator at a Scottish university. Since the sudden death of her husband, her young son has gone to live with family in Khartoum, leaving Sammar alone in cold, gray Aberdeen, grieving and isolated. But when she begins to translate for Rae, a Scottish Islamic scholar, the two develop a deep friendship that awakens in Sammar all the longing for life she has repressed. As Rae and Sammar fall in love, she knows they will have to address his lack of faith in all that Sammar holds sacred.
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Good enough story
- By Krysten L on 01-25-21
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The Translator
- Narrated by: Judith West
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-23-13
- Language: English
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Elsewhere, Home
- By: Leila Aboulela
- Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio, Michael David Axtell, Nathan Hinton, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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In her new collection of stories, award-winning New York Times Notable author Leila Aboulela offers us a rich tableau of life as an immigrant abroad. Shuttling between the dusty, sunbaked streets of Khartoum and the university halls and cramped apartments of Aberdeen and London, Elsewhere, Home explores, with subtlety and restraint, the profound feelings of yearning, loss, and alienation that come with leaving one’s homeland in pursuit of a different life.
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Elsewhere, Home
- Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio, Michael David Axtell, Nathan Hinton, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Robin Miles, Vaneh Assadourian
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 11-26-19
- Language: English
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Bird Summons
- By: Leila Aboulela
- Narrated by: Raghad Chaar
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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When Salma, Moni, and Iman - friends and active members of their local Muslim women’s group - decide to take a road trip together to the Scottish Highlands, they leave behind lives often dominated by obligation, frustrated desire, and dull predictability. Each wants something more out of life, but fears the cost of taking it. When the women are visited by the Hoopoe, a sacred bird from Muslim and Celtic literature, they are compelled to question their relationships to faith and femininity, love, loyalty, and sacrifice.
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Deep and profound
- By Anonymous User on 07-24-22
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Bird Summons
- Narrated by: Raghad Chaar
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 02-11-20
- Language: English
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Lyrics Alley
- A Novel
- By: Leila Aboulela
- Narrated by: Parisa Johnston
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Lyrics Alley is the evocative story of an affluent Sudanese family shaken by the shifting powers in their country and the near-tragedy that threatens the legacy they've built for decades. In 1950's Sudan, the powerful Abuzeid dynasty has amassed a fortune through their trading firm. With Mahmoud Bey at its helm, they can do no wrong. But when Mahmoud's son, Nur, the brilliant, handsome heir to the business empire, suffers a debilitating accident, the family stands divided in the face of an uncertain future.
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A beautiful story of tragedy, love & hope
- By Fungai Tichawangana on 02-21-18
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Lyrics Alley
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Parisa Johnston
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 10-23-13
- Language: English
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Bird Summons
- By: Leila Aboulela
- Narrated by: Raghad Chaar
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Salma, happily married, tries every day to fit into life in Britain. When her first love contacts her, she is tempted to risk it all and return to Egypt. Moni gave up a career in banking to care for her disabled son, but now her husband wants to move to Saudi Arabia - where she fears her son's condition will worsen. Iman feels burdened by her beauty. In her 20s and already in her third marriage, she is treated like a pet and longs for freedom.
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Bird Summons
- Narrated by: Raghad Chaar
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 03-26-19
- Language: English
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I Am Heathcliff
- Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights
- By: Leila Aboulela, Alison Case, Anna James, and others
- Narrated by: Dami Olukoya, Lucy Brownhill, Lara Sawalha, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Sixteen modern fiction superstars shine a startling light on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy. Short stories to stir the heart and awaken vital conversation about love.
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I Am Heathcliff
- Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights
- Narrated by: Dami Olukoya, Lucy Brownhill, Lara Sawalha, Freddie Gaminara, Karen Cogan, Hanan al-Shaykh, Joanna Cannon
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-16-18
- Language: English
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