Reddit reviews Embroideries (Pantheon Graphic Library)
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I know almost nothing about this, but I have some broad book recommendations in the vein of "read some non-fiction!"
Main thing to keep in mind as you read is that Arab ≠ Muslim ≠ Persian or any combination thereof. Differences between Sunni, Shia, Sufi, etc. Also, urban ≠ rural. And boring, everyday life doesn't readily lend itself to a narrative form.
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Some other recommendations: if you're on or close to a university campus, there's probably a Muslim/Arab/Persian student association that would love to answer your specific questions or give you advice. There are also subreddits like /r/dubai, but they're mostly expats. Just poke around and you'll find more though.
Fictional, often-fantastical book recommendations about the Middle East would be Shadow Spinner, The Book of a Thousand Days, or Habibi.
Honestly, the thing that stuck with me the most as a chemist was that one of the other grad students was from Golan Heights and prior to moving here had to work through his entire master's thesis without an NMR (the most common chemistry instrument that is used to "prove" pretty much everything) because a blockade stopped his university from receiving liquid nitrogen (which is used to keep the magnets in NMRs and medical devices like MRIs running). He found almost any touching or joking by a girl very uncomfortable, but was always polite. Other Muslim chemist friends just seemed French. Because they were.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi?
The same person also wrote Embroideries which is fantastic and quite relevant to this subreddit's interests.