Abu-Lughod, L. (1986). Veiled sentiments: Honor and poetry in a Bedouin society. Berkley: University of California Press.
These poems were written by a poet who spent two years in a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt.  Through her poems and the discussion of them, the reader learns more about the community.

Hosseini, K. (2007). A thousand splendid suns. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
A novel that tells 30 years of Afghan history with the themes of family, friendship, and love.