IllnessesCholera admin / January 11, 2025 Andrée Chedid (1920 – 2011, Lebanon) – Le sixième jour (1960, English trans. The Sixth Day, 1988). This novel, which…
IllnessesComa admin / January 11, 2025 Mayy Khālid (?, Egypt) – Saḥr al-Turkwāz (2006, English trans. The Magic of Turquoise, 2011). The story of this novel
IllnessesCancer admin / January 11, 2025 Raḍwāʿ Āshūr (1946 – 2014, Egypt) – Athqal min Raḍwā (‘Heavier than Radwa’, 2013). In this memoir, the author and
IllnessesAlzheimer admin / January 11, 2025 Ghāzī al-Quṣaybī (1940 – 2010, Saudi Arabia) – Alzhaymīr (‘Alzheimer’, 2010). This relatively short novel is made from daily diary
IllnessesAids admin / January 11, 2025 Rabih Alameddine (1959-, Lebanon/ USA) – Koolaids: The Art of War (1998). This English-language novel is set in San Francisco
AddictionSex-addiction admin / January 11, 2025 See also in L: Love, Lust, and Relationships: Lust and Sex Ayman al-Dabūsī (?, Tunisia) – Intiṣāb Aswad (‘Black
AddictionAlcohol and Drugs admin / January 11, 2025 Albert Cossery (1913 – 2008, Egypt) – Mendiants et Orgueilleux (1955, English trans. Proud Beggars, 1981). This novel centers the
DeathSuicide admin / January 11, 2025 Hudā Ḥamd (1981-, Oman) – Asāmīnā (‘Our names’, 2019). This novel starts with the suicide of Mīnā, a woman in
DeathDeath admin / January 11, 2025 Sinān Antūn (1967-, Iraq) – Waḥdaha Shajarat al-Rummān (2010, English trans. The Corpse Washer, 2013). This novel depicts the young
