Fadi Zaghmout فادي زغموت

Jack Edwards is a British YouTuber, writer, and influencer known for his content around books, literature, and academia. He gained popularity by sharing book recommendations, reviews, and insights into university life, making him a prominent figure in the online book community, often referred to as “BookTube.” Jack has more than 1.4M subscribers to his youtube channel and more than 3M social media followers across his all channels. He posted a video two days ago where he recommended a book from every country in Asia. I was thrilled to see that The Bride of Amman was his book of choice from Jordan. If you love reading and books, then you must follow Jack.

Here is the part where he mentions The Bride of Amman.

And here is the full video with all the books recommendations:

Here is a list of all the books he mentions in this video:

🇦🇫 Afghanistan: My Pen Is The Wing of a Bird by Zainab Akhlaqi, Marie Bamyani, Farangis Elyassi, Freshta Ghani, Naeema Ghani, Batool Haidari, Fatema Haidari, Elahe Hosseini, Masouma Kawsari, Fatema Khavari, Maryam Mahjoba, Atifa Mozaffari, Maliha Naji, and Anahita Gharib Nawaz

🇧🇭 Bahrain: Yummah by Sarah Al Shafei

🇧🇩 Bangladesh: In the Light of What We Know by Zia Haider Rahman

🇧🇹 Bhutan: Tales in Colour and Other Stories by Kunzang Choden

🇧🇳 Brunei: The Forlorn Adventure by Amir Falique

🇰🇭 Cambodia: Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

🇨🇳 China: Ninth Building by Zou Jingzhi (translated by Jeremy Tiang)

🇮🇳 India: Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell)

🇮🇩 Indonesia: Birth Canal by Dias Novita Wuri (translated by the author)

🇮🇷 Iran: Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar

🇮🇶 Iraq: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

🇯🇵 Japan: Butter by Asako Yuzuki (translated by Polly Barton)

🇯🇴 Jordan: The Bride of Amman (translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp)

🇰🇼 Kuwait: Our Man in Kuwait by Louise Burfitt-Dons

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan: The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov

🇱🇦 Laos: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

🇱🇧 Lebanon: Voices of the Lost by Hoda Barakat (translated by Marilyn Booth)

🇲🇾 Malaysia: The Weight of Our Sky by Hannah Alkaf

🇳🇵 Nepal: The Tutor of History by Manjushree Thapa

🇰🇵 North Korea: Friend by Paek Nam-nyong (translated by Immanuel Kim)

🇴🇲 Oman: Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi (translated by Marilyn Booth)

🇵🇰 Pakistan: An Abundance of Wild Roses by Feryal Ali-Gauhar

🇵🇸 Palestine: Against The Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

🇵🇭 Philippines: La Tercera by Gina Apostol

🇶🇦 Qatar: The Corsair by Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud (translated by Amira Noweira)

🇷🇺 Russia: The Karamazov Brothers by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Ignat Avsey)

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea (translated by Marilyn Booth)

🇸🇬 Singapore: And The Walls Come Crumbling Down by Tania de Rozario 🇰🇷 South Korea: Your Utopia by Bora Chung (translated by Anton Hur)

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: Blue Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu

🇸🇾 Syria: Death is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa (translated by Leri Price)

🇹🇼 Taiwan: Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan

🇹🇭 Thailand: Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana (translated by Mui Poopoksakul) Tibet: We Measure The Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (UAE): Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: The Devil’s Dance by Hamid Ismailov

🇻🇳 Vietnam: Banyan Moon by Thao Thai