Goran Baba Ali, The Man Who Was a Tree: A Novel. Afsana Press, 2025. A naked young man wears only a long leaf creeping around his body. In the daytime,

Ata Nahai, Birds in a Gale: A Novel. Translated by Chiya Parvizpur and Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo, with an Introduction by Kawan Mohammadpur. The Book Club discussed this novel onJune 2,

On January 6, 2026, the NYKCC’s Book Club met to discuss Lingering Faith by Aisha Walat. The novel follows a Kurdish woman, Beritan, and her friends as they form a