One Of The Millions Most Anticipated Books & A Powell's Bookstore Staff Favorite Of The Year short Stories From 25 Emerging And Established Writers Of Middle Eastern And North African Origins, A Unique Collection Of Voices And Viewpoints That Illuminate Life In The Global Arabmuslim World.&34;provocative And Subtle, Nuanced And Surprising, These Stories Demonstrate How This Complicated And Rich Region Might Best Be Approached-through The Power Of Literature.&34;&8212;viet Thanh Nguyen, Author Of The Committedstories From The Center Of The World Gathers New Writing From The Greater Middle East (or Swana), A Vast Region That Stretches From Southwest Asia, Through The Middle East And Turkey, And Across Northern Africa. The 25 Authors Included Here Come From A Wide Range Of Cultures And Countries, Including Palestine, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, And Morocco, To Name Asha And Haaji, Hanif Kureishi Takes Up The Cause Of Outsiders Who Become Uprooted When War Or Disaster Strikes And They Flee For Safe Haven. In Nektaria Anastasiadou's &8220;the Location Of The Soul According To Benyamin Alhadeff,&8221; Two Students In Istanbul From Different Classes &8212; And Religions That Have Often Been At Odds With One Another &8212; Believe They Can Overcome All Obstacles.