The Baghdadi Reader, 104 Cairo, Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess

Memory as writing and place as identity: when the text tells what cities don't say

In this collection, writing intensifies , becoming an existential act in the face of oblivion. These are books that delve into memory, not as archives, but as living bodies that breathe nostalgia and grapple with transformations. From Baghdad , which once embraced the reader, to Cairo , where power and narrative intertwine , to the memoirs of a Babylonian princess bearing witness to the fractures and allure of the East , we are presented with three works that make writing an act of survival and a mirror to history, identity , and place.

" The Baghdad Reader " – Jabbar Yassin

This book is not merely a reader's memoir , but an intimate testament to a city that both read and was read. The Baghdad that Jabbar Yassin knows was not just a capital city, but a library open to the horizon. In an intimate and insightful style, the writer revisits chapters of his life amidst books, streets, and names that have left an indelible mark on his memory. The book revolves around a simple yet profound question : How does reading shape a person? And how does it save them from a symbolic death ? It is a text imbued with love and solitude, brimming with the memories of a reader who forgot the world only to remember it anew through books .

" 104 Cairo"

 Doha Assi ( Third Edition )

A novel where Cairo intertwines with politics, and individual destiny with collective events . In " 104 Cairo," Doha Assi leads us to a building bearing the number 104, but which , in reality , encapsulates the transformations of a nation and the fragmentation of its identity. The novel explores the details of post - revolutionary Egyptian reality through the lives of the building's residents , attempting to capture the pulse of the capital— its dynamism, its fractures, its dreams that are silently stifled . A work that is clever in its structure, humane in its tone, and honest in its revelations .

Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess – Marie- Thérèse Asmar

When a woman writes about the 19th century from the heart of the East, we are not merely reading a narrative, but a revelation. Marie -Thérèse Asmar, the princess who emerged from ancient Babylon to bear witness to her turbulent era , writes her memoirs with a rebellious, critical , and enlightened spirit. She recounts her journey in a world that oppressed women , taking us from the Monastery of Nineveh to the courts of Europe, through a text rich with civilizational and cultural observations . It is a work ahead of its time, revealing a cultured, strong woman with a rare sense of humanity .

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