Books, books, books

September 28, 2006 at 2:39 am · Filed under Roba

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I don’t think anything excites me as much buying a new book, and in the past few months, I’ve bought a very large amount, the latest being bought today. So exciting.
Here are some of the books waiting on my shelf for their turn to be read,

1. “Orientalism”, Edward Said
2. “Palace Walk”, Naguib Mahfouz
3. “What is Typography?”, David Jury
4. “Seeret Madinah” (Tale of a City), Abdulrahman Muneef
5. “Pop: Truth and Power at the Coca Cola Company”, Constance Hays
6. “The Best Tables, Chairs, Lights”, Mel Byars
7. “1,000 Greetings”, Peter King
8. “The Historian”, Elizabeth Kostova
9. “Graphic Design America”,






  • http://moey.wordpress.com Moey

    I SAW YOU IN MECCA MALL TODAY!
    you were using the escalator to get to the 2nd floor
    and I was shouting Roba Roba.. and there was the huge guy behind you who kept staring at me, I was there with Fatshino

  • http://donthatemebecauseimbeautifulandsmart.blogspot.com {13}

    ya Allah…every time i think im dOne with Abdurrahman Munef nOvels ..a new one…pOps up..!..I just dOne the read of his 5 parts { ModOn almel7 }..nOw im reading { Maps fOr LOst Lovers }..by:Nadeem Aslam..and sure u need a lOo0Oo0t of cOffee ..tO read alllll this bOoks ..:P…..!

  • http://www.black-iris.com Nas

    a lot of people find orientalism a bit boring or dry so you might fall asleep, but wake yourself up and pay attention!

    historian is also pretty good. palace walk as well.

    happy reading!

  • amjad

    Let express my full respect to you again and again
    Books are the most beloved things to my heart …

  • amjad

    Oriantalism is hard book as Nas said (I read the arabic translation) and need time but worth it ,I thought its the best book for Edward Said until I read (Culture and Imperialisim) that book alternate my thought an let to discover the dark face of many of west writters who I used to love them…
    Palace Walk its as any thing wrote by Najib Mahfouz great (you can see my small post about him at http://www.maktoobblog.com/amjad_h2o?post=90744 )
    for me I perefer to read arabic novels in arabic not just because im not good in english reading but also to not loose the beuty of laguage ,maybe the translation is good and your english is great as I can see but the writer but all art in his mother language ,what ever enjoy it

  • http://lammoush.iblog.com lammoush

    ya allaaaaaaah havent bought any for a while!!

  • http://bakkokuz.net bakkouz

    ya salam.. wallah nice, I LOVE to buy and read books also, thing is i havn’t bought a new book in ages for 2 reasons, first being there arn’t any bookstores in aqaba, and the second being i’m seriously poor :|

    faaaaa hatha hoo.

  • http://sha3teely.com wael

    I think you will enjoy Seret Madina.. it’s a great book

  • http://rebecca-jordan.livejournal.com/ rebecca

    I tried to read Orientalism, and just couldn’t get into it. It seemed his topic was “romantic ideas that Westerners have about Arabs that aren’t true” (in the ’70s). I would rather read what IS true about Arabs than dwell on what is not. Maybe I’ll try it again some other time.

  • http://zozo2k3.blogspot.com Yazan

    I love ur book list, I especially like Mneef’s Seret Madineh and ofcourse orientalism, I spent so much time reading that book, it was s “full”.

  • http://linasturmoil.blogspot.com Lina

    Let’s start Seeret Madinah together ;) I’ve had it for over a year and started it but didn’t get to finish it. It really is a great book, and makes you want to go look for all of those places mentioned in old Amman… the stories of the people and places are fascinating.

  • http://omernos.blogspot.com omar

    tabb why not read Najib Mahfouz in its original language?
    hehe, a7la bel 3arabi!

    And what is this Graphic Design America book?
    I alway like those art books, but they’re too bloody expensive!

    omar

  • rami

    i wish you pass this reading-virus to the rest of the jordanian people.

    what a shame. someone (mr. batir i think) wrote recently about how jordanians hate to read.

    recently finished reading the da vinci code in arabic which i got from aramex in amman (read the english one 2 years ago, was dissappointed by the movie).

    now reading : liar’s poker…

  • http://arabesquerhabsody.com/blog/ Ohoud

    My pile has been sitting like that since months and months:D

    Interesting list! Mahfouths triology is my current attack!

  • http://healingiraq.blogspot.com Zeyad

    Interesting collection, though I also find it strange that you would read ‘Palace Walk’ in English, and Rami reading ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in Arabic after reading it in English is even stranger. :p

  • http://yasmin7903.blogspot.com Yasmin Hamied

    Congratulations for the new books!
    I haven’t bought one for over a year now, but since I live in a country with a library in every corner, I get to read alot of books without buying them. I LOVE buying books, but they are too expensive here…

  • http://www.mademoiselle-hh.blogspot.com hebe

    ahhh books ! lifes greatest pleasure . but i ve pretty much stopped buying instead of buying i have membership in three libraries its a lot easier and a hell of a lot cheaper

  • http://www.dragonsvamp.wordpress.com dra

    The Historian!!! I absolutly love that book…lol i wonder why…hahah