British mandate of Palestine and Transjordan and Egypt

Najīb Maḥfūẓ (1911 – 2006, Egypt) – Bidāyah wa-Nihāyah (1949, English trans. The Beginning and the End, 1985). This novel…

Fadia Faqir (1956-, Jordan) – Pillars of Salt (1996). Maha and Umm Sad share a room in a mental hospital

During the British Mandate, Palestinian literature was deeply shaped by expanding censorship, political repression, and the growing need for writers