Reddit mentions of Fire Boy

A great list of 6 very good books! (Especially love The Golem and the Jinni, which is amazing...)

There are also a lot of very, very good Middle Eastern 'flavored' SF/F books that are from non US/UK authors, and well worth seeking out. Or, skip the flavor, and pick up some books from Middle Eastern authors! The combination of Google and Amazon/Book Depository makes it surprisingly easy...

If you're interested, some starters:

• This site - arablit.org - is a great resource. As is Islam and Science Fiction.
  
• Handy listicle.
  
• NYT article about dystopian fiction in the middle east.
  
• Massive GR list
  
  Some non 'Arabian Nights' classic fantasy:
  
  
• Hoshruba
  
• The Adventures of Amir Hamza
  
  More recent authors and books:
  
  
• Iraq + 100
  
• Saad Hossain's Escape from Baghdad!
  
• Sami Shah's Fire Boy
  
• Youssef Ziedan's Azazeel
  
• Ahmed Khaled Towfik's Utopia
  
• Basma Abdel Aziz's The Queue
  
• Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red
  
• Amin Maalouf's Samarkand and others.
  
• Elif Shafak
  
• Plus the short stories of Usman Malik, Amal El-Mohtar and Sophia Al-Maria (amongst others)