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Rabih Alameddine (1959-, Lebanon / USA) – I, the Divine (2001). Football in this literary work is associated with the…

ʿĀʾishah al-Aṣfar (1956-, Libya) – Kharījāt Qāriyūnis (‘Graduates of Garyounis University’, 2007). This novel centres a group of female students

Dalāl Khalīfah (?, Qatar) – Min al-Baḥḥār al-Qadīm Ilayk (‘From the ancient mariner to you’, 1995). Originally published without the

Taos Amrouche (1913 – 1976, Algeria) – Solitudes ma mère (‘Solitude, My Mother’, 1995) is about the author’s mother, Fadhma

Hudā Barakāt (1952-, Lebanon) – Ḥārath al-Miyāh (1998, English Trans. The Tiller of Waters, 2004). Set in a destroyed Beirut

Yūsuf Idrīs’ (1927 – 1991, Egypt) short story ‘ʿAlā Asyūṭ’ (‘To Assyut’) describes the conditions of government hospitals in an

Meryem Alaoui (?, Morocco) – La verité sort de la bouche du cheval (2018, English trans. Straight from the Horse’s

Yūsuf al-Fāḍil (1949-, Morocco) – Qiṭṭ Abyaḍ Jamīl Yusīr Maʿī (2011, English trans. A Beautiful White Cat Walks with Me,

Injī Aflātūn (1924 – 1989, Egypt) – Mudhakkirat Injī Aflātūn (‘Inji Aflatun’s memoirs’, 1993). In this memoir, the painter and