All Strangers Are Kin
Thrilling confessions. Many gifts. Why learning Arabic can sometimes feel like such a hopeless task, and why it’s worth it.
Winner of the 2017 SATW Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book
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How to Throw a Dinner Party
…Without Having a Nervous Breakdown
Certainly the only book on entertaining to use the phrase “like potluck, but for your ass.” First released in paperback by Gotham Books as Forking Fantastic! Put the Party Back in Dinner Party. More at forkingfantastic.com.
The Art of Language
A kind of adult coloring book with context, and so much fun to put together. Learn 26 ways of writing, with a sample proverb to practice yourself. Featuring a favorite Arabic proverb: “Choose your traveling companion before your route.” More at bookshop.org.
Our Morocco
Zora has an essay in this collection that is a partial update/correction to an anecdote in All Strangers Are Kin (whoa, memory is weird). All proceeds benefit the Morocco Library Project. More at amazon.com.