Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2000 -- furthering nonpartisan understanding about the Middle East
Sponsored by Middle East Outreach Council
![Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/43.jpg)
- 1,497 Resources including
- 98 Videos
- 66 Book Readings
- 110 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 151 book results
![Other Words for Home](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0062747800.jpg)
![Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a True Story)](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/70433_hi.jpg)
![Cat Man of Aleppo, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1984813781.jpg)
The Cat Man of Aleppo
by Karim Shamsi-Basha, Irene Latham, and Yuko Shimizu
(Winner, 2020)
39 Resources7 Awards
![Darius the Great Is Not Okay](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0525552960.jpg)
![Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1419740830.jpg)
Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices
by S.K. Ali, Aisha Saeed, Sara Alfageeh, and Candice Montgomery
(Honor, 2020)
34 Resources6 Awards
![Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0811879054.jpg)
Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors
by Hena Khan and Mehrdokht Amini
(Honor, 2013)
25 Resources4 Awards
![Nowhere Boy](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1250307570.jpg)
![Turtle of Oman, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0062019724.jpg)
![It Ain't So Awful, Falafel](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0544612310.jpg)
![Unwanted, The: Stories of the Syrian Refugees](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1328810151.jpg)
![Four Feet, Two Sandals](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0802852963.jpg)
Four Feet, Two Sandals
by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed, and Doug Chayka
(Winner, 2008)
19 Resources3 Awards
![Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1459814908.jpg)
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey
by Margriet Ruurs and Nizar Ali Badr
(Honor, 2017)
19 Resources3 Awards
![Saints and Misfits](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1481499246.jpg)
![Librarian of Basra, The: A True Story from Iraq](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0152054456.jpg)
![Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1452155410.jpg)
Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes
by Hena Khan and Mehrdokht Amini
(Honor, 2018)
18 Resources4 Awards
![Salma the Syrian Chef](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/177321375X.jpg)
![Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1662650647.jpg)
Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers
by Uma Mishra-Newbery, Lina AlHathloul, and Rebecca Green
(Winner, 2022)
18 Resources3 Awards
![Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0803737475.jpg)
Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books
by Karen Leggett Abouraya and Susan L. Roth
(Winner, 2013)
17 Resources6 Awards
![Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0374302510.jpg)
![Wave](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1951836588.jpg)
![Breadwinner, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0888994192.jpg)
![Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0374357331.jpg)
![Shooting Kabul](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/144240194X.jpg)
![Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1554538165.jpg)
Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education
by Elizabeth Suneby and Suana Verelst
(Winner, 2014)
16 Resources5 Awards
![Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1524715476.jpg)
Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey
by Doug Kuntz, Amy Shrodes, and Sue Cornelison
(Winner, 2017)
16 Resources3 Awards
![Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1596432764.jpg)
![Wanting Mor](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0888998589.jpg)
![Map of Salt and Stars, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1501169033.jpg)
![Ida in the Middle](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1623718066.jpg)
![19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0060097655.jpg)
![Game for Swallows, A: To Die, to Leave, to Return](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/157505941X.jpg)
![My Beautiful Birds](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1772780103.jpg)
![Escape from Aleppo](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1481472178.jpg)
![Time to Pray](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1590786114.jpg)
![Fort of Nine Towers, A: An Afghan Family Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0374157642.jpg)
![Riding a Donkey Backwards: Wise and Foolish Tales of Mulla Nasruddin](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1536205079.jpg)
Riding a Donkey Backwards: Wise and Foolish Tales of Mulla Nasruddin
by Sean Taylor and Shirin Adl
(Winner, 2019)
13 Resources4 Awards
![My Grandma and Me](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0763694940.jpg)
![Seven Special Somethings: A Nowruz Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0593108264.jpg)
Seven Special Somethings: A Nowruz Story
by Adib Khorram and Zainab Faidhi
(Honor, 2021)
13 Resources3 Awards
![Egyptian Lullaby](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250222494.jpg)
![Extra Credit](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1416949291.jpg)
![Grand Mosque of Paris, The: A Story of How Muslims Saved Jews During the Holocaust](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823421597.jpg)
The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Saved Jews During the Holocaust
by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah DeSaix
(Honor, 2009)
12 Resources4 Awards
![Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0618083669.jpg)
![Little Piece of Ground, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1931859388.jpg)