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Now, a real set of suggestions...each of which I have read in the last year and found either enjoyable or enlightening.

This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jalloun
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami
Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges by Marvine Howe
Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi