SWANA Authors

Who Gets Believed

By: Dina Nayeri

Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars? Former refugee and award-winning author Dina Nayeri begins with this question, turning to shocking and illuminating case studies in this book, which grows into a reckoning with our culture’s views on believability. From persuading a doctor that she’d prefer a C-section to learning to “bullshit... Read more

Ghost Season

By: Fatin Abbas

Narrated by: Dion Graham & Bahni Turpin

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A dynamic, beautifully orchestrated debut novel connecting five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border.
A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan. For five strangers on an NGO compound, the discovery foreshadows trouble to come. South Sudanese... Read more

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I

By: Raja Shehadeh

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

2023 National Book Award Finalist for NonfictionA subtle psychological portrait of the author’s relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rightsAziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee. He was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja. In this searingly... Read more

Rana Joon and the One and Only Now

By: Shideh Etaat

Narrated by: Rasha Zamamiri

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“A breath of fresh air and punch to the gut all rolled into one.” —Adib Khorram, award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay

This “lyrical” (Kirkus Reviews) coming-of-age novel for fans of Darius the Great Is Not Okay and On the Come Up, set in Southern California in 1996, follows a teen who wants to honor her deceased friend’s legacy... Read more

Eyeliner

By: Zahra Hankir

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick

“Cosmetic, tool of rebellion, status signifier: Eyeliner has been all these and more. Moving through millenniums and across civilizations, Hankir gives the makeup its eye-opening due.” —The New York Times Book Review

“An impressive, rigorously researched, winding path through centuries and over... Read more

The Cairo Trilogy

By: Naguib Mahfouz

Narrated by: Full Cast & Omar Sharif

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Omar Sharif leads an all-Egyptian cast in this three-part drama, recorded entirely in Egypt's capital.

Adapted from the novels of Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz, this gripping family saga chronicles the life of a downwardly-mobile middle class family as Egypt emerges from colonialism and adjusts to the modern world.

The Cairo Trilogy... Read more

The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

By: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrated by: Full Cast, Janice Acquah, Nadine Marshall, Clai...

Length: 26 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The collected radio adaptations of Alexander McCall Smith's hugely popular novels, dramatised by the author himself

'Must-listen... simply wonderful' The Telegraph

When Precious Ramotswe receives an inheritance from her father, she decides to set up Botswana's very first private detective agency - 'for the problems of ladies,... Read more

Something More

By: Jackie Khalilieh

Narrated by: Parmida Vand

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed.

Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make... Read more

All This Twisted Glory

By: Tahereh Mafi

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestselling series!The highly anticipated third novel in the Woven Kingdom romantasy series, full of powerful magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Leigh Bardugo, and Sabaa Tahir.As the long-lost heir to the... Read more

Just Another Epic Love Poem

By: Parisa Akhbari

Narrated by: Nikki Massoud & Elena Rey

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance.

"The heartache and longing of witnessing a beloved character pine hopelessly over her best friend has never brought me this much unadulterated joy." –National Book Award Finalist Sonora Reyes, author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School

Over the... Read more

But You Don't Look Arab

By: Hala Gorani

Narrated by: Hala Gorani

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Emmy Award-winning international journalist Hala Gorani weaves stories from her time as a globe-trotting anchor and correspondent with her own lifelong search for identity as the daughter of Syrian immigrants. What is it like to have no clear identity in a world full of labels? How can people find a sense of belonging when they have never felt... Read more

Dearborn

By: Ghassan Zeineddine

Narrated by: Sarab Kamoo & Qarie Marshall

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine’s debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab-American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness, home and belonging, and more. In Dearborn, a... Read more

The Moon That Turns You Back

By: Hala Alyan

Narrated by: Hala Alyan

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that traces the fragmentation of memory, archive, and family–past, present, future–in the face of displacement and war. A diaspora of memories runs through this poetry collection—a multiplicity of voices, bodies, and houses hold archival material for one... Read more

Six Truths and a Lie

By: Ream Shukairy

Narrated by: Rasha Zamamiri, Ali Nasser & Lameece Issaq

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of America’s justice system, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas and Samira Ahmed.

As fireworks pop off at a rowdy Fourth of July bonfire party, an explosion off the California coast levels an oil rig—resulting in chaos and worse, murder.
 
At the... Read more

The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale

By: Aya Khalil

Narrated by: Dalia Ramahi

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Upon learning that the books with kids who look like her have been banned by her school district, Kanzi descends into fear and helplessness. But her classmates support her, and together—with their teacher’s help—they hatch a plan to hold a bake sale and use the proceeds to buy diverse books to donate to libraries. The event is a big success: the... Read more

Long Live Queer Nightlife

By: Amin Ghaziani

Narrated by: Amin El Gamal

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

It's closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe—but this audiobook narrated by Amin El Gamal reveals why it's definitely not the last dance In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution... Read more

Huda F Are You?

By: Huda Fahmy

Narrated by: Huda Fahmy & Full Cast

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel—adapted for audio—asks the question everyone has to figure out for themselves: Who are you?

Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim population. In her old town, Huda knew exactly who she was: She was the hijabi... Read more

Huda F Cares?

By: Huda Fahmy

Narrated by: Huda Fahmy & Full Cast

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Disney World, but self-conscious Huda worries her family will stand out too much.

Huda and her sisters can’t believe it when her parents announce that they’re actually taking a vacation this summer . . . to... Read more

The War We Won Apart

By: Nahlah Ayed

Narrated by: Nahlah Ayed

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Love, betrayal, and a secret war: the untold story of two elite agents, one Canadian, one British, who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII.

On opposite sides of the pond, Sonia Butt, an adventurous young British woman, and Guy d’Artois, a French-Canadian soldier and thunderstorm of a man, are preparing... Read more

I'll Tell You When I'm Home

By: Hala Alyan

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The rich and deeply personal debut memoir by award-winning Palestinian American poet and novelist Hala Alyan, whose experience of motherhood via surrogacy forces her to reckon with her own past, and the legacy of her family’s exile and displacement, all in the name of a new future.

After a decade of yearning for parenthood, years marked by... Read more

Bin Laden

By: Yossef Bodansky

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 21 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Who is Osama bin Laden—the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war? What drives him and his followers to hate the Western civilization that has armed them? Bin Laden’s name has been linked to a number of incidents that have cost Americans their lives, most conspicuously, the catastrophic assaults on the World Trade Center and the... Read more

Imperial Life in the Emerald City

By: Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, takes us into the Green Zone, headquarters for the American occupation in Iraq. In this bubble separated from wartime realities, the task of reconstructing a devastated nation competes with the distractions of a Little America—a half-dozen bars, a disco, a shopping... Read more

The Persian Night

By: Amir Taheri

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Three decades after Khomeinist thugs raided the US embassy in Tehran, Westerners are puzzled by Iran. As a nation, Iranians still like the United States; as a revolutionary regime, however, Iran is the principal bastion of anti-Americanism. As a nation-state, Iran is not concerned with the Palestinian issue; but as a revolutionary cause, the... Read more

Leap of Faith

By: Noor al-Hussein

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 16 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Leap of Faith is the dramatic and inspiring story of an American woman’s remarkable journey into the heart of a man and his nation.Born into a distinguished Arab-American family and raised amid privilege, Lisa Halaby joined the first freshman class at Princeton to accept women, graduating in 1974 with a degree in architecture and urban planning.... Read more