Illnesses

Ahmed Bouanani (1938 – 2011, Morocco) – L’Hȏpital (1990, English trans. The Hospital, 2018). The unknown narrator of this novel…

Jamāl al-Ghīṭānī (1945 – 2015, Egypt) – al-Khuṭaṭ al-Fāṣilah: Yawmiyāt al-Qalb al-Maftūḥ (‘al-Ghīṭānī manuscripts: diaries of an open heart’, 1980).

Amīr Tāj al-Sir (1960-, Sudan) – Iybūlā 76 (2012, English trans. Ebola 76, 2015). This short novel is a fictional

Andrée Chedid (1920 – 2011, Lebanon) – Le sixième jour (1960, English trans. The Sixth Day, 1988). This novel, which

Mayy Khālid (?, Egypt) – Saḥr al-Turkwāz (2006, English trans. The Magic of Turquoise, 2011). The story of this novel

Raḍwāʿ Āshūr (1946 – 2014, Egypt) – Athqal min Raḍwā (‘Heavier than Radwa’, 2013). In this memoir, the author and

Ghāzī al-Quṣaybī (1940 – 2010, Saudi Arabia) – Alzhaymīr (‘Alzheimer’, 2010). This relatively short novel is made from daily diary

Rabih Alameddine (1959-, Lebanon/ USA) – Koolaids: The Art of War (1998). This English-language novel is set in San Francisco