MarriageMarriage admin / April 15, 2025 For more relationships see also L: Love, Lust, and Relationships Salwā Bakr’s (1949-, Egypt) short story ‘ʿAn al-Rūḥ allatī Suriqat…
Parent and ChildPregnancy and Miscarriage admin / January 24, 2025 Māzin Maʿrūf’s (1978-, Palestine) short story ‘Akwāriyūm’ (English trans. ‘Aquarium’) describes a couple who suspect they are pregnant, although if
Parent and ChildMother and Child admin / January 24, 2025 Rīnīh al-Ḥāyik (1959-, Lebanon) – Shitāʾ Mahjūr (‘Forsaken winter’, 1996) and Ṣalāh min Ajl al-ʿĀʾilah (‘Prayers to the family’, 2007).
Parent and ChildFather and Child admin / January 24, 2025 Aḥmad Amīn (1886 – 1954, Egypt) – Ḥayātī (1950, English trans. My Life, 1978). This autobiography, written by the Egyptian
MarriageUnmarried Persons, Widows, and Widowers admin / January 24, 2025 Ghādah Abdul ʿĀl (1978-, Egypt) – ʿAwza Atgawwiz (2008, English trans. I Want to Get Married, 2010). This Egyptian novel
MarriageForced Marriage admin / January 24, 2025 ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Bahīr (1953-, Morocco) – Ṭuqūs al-ʿAbathah (‘Rituals of futility’, 2015). Born into a traditional and religious family living
MarriageDivorce and Separation admin / January 24, 2025 Fātin al-Fāzʿa (?, Tunisia) – Asrār ʿĀʾiliyyah (‘Family secrets’, 2018). This was the first novel in the Tunisian dialect written
MarriageChildless Marriage admin / January 24, 2025 Laylā Baʿlabakkī’s (1936 – 2023, Lebanon) short story ‘Safīnat Ḥanān ilā al-Qamar’ (‘Ship of Tenderness to the Moon’, 1963) depicts
Children and Family LifeGenealogies and inter-generational stories admin / January 24, 2025 Ibrāhīm Aṣlān (1935 – 2012, Egypt) – ʿAṣāfīr al-Nīl (1999, English trans. Nile Sparrows, 2004). A family saga and detective
