Marriage

For more relationships see also L: Love, Lust, and Relationships Salwā Bakr’s (1949-, Egypt) short story ‘ʿAn al-Rūḥ allatī Suriqat…

Ghādah Abdul ʿĀl (1978-, Egypt) – ʿAwza Atgawwiz (2008, English trans. I Want to Get Married, 2010). This Egyptian novel

ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Bahīr (1953-, Morocco) – Ṭuqūs al-ʿAbathah (‘Rituals of futility’, 2015). Born into a traditional and religious family living

Fātin al-Fāzʿa (?, Tunisia) – Asrār ʿĀʾiliyyah (‘Family secrets’, 2018). This was the first novel in the Tunisian dialect written

Laylā Baʿlabakkī’s (1936 – 2023, Lebanon) short story ‘Safīnat Ḥanān ilā al-Qamar’ (‘Ship of Tenderness to the Moon’, 1963) depicts