Languages and Dialects

Tawfīq Bin Brīk (1961-, Tunisia) – Kalb bin Kalb (‘Dog, son of a dog’, 2013). Written entirely in the Tunisian

Istilā Qāytānū’s (?, Stella Gitano, Sudan) short story collection Zuhūr Thābilah (2004, English trans. Withered Flowers, 2018) was written between

YāssīnʿAdnān (1970-, Morocco) – Hūt Mārūk (2016, English trans. Hot Maroc, 2021). A dark comedy, this novel paints a detailed

Raymūn Jabārah’s (1935 – 2015, Lebanon) plays make use of the Lebanese dialect, for example Man Qaṭaf Zahrat al-Kharīf? (‘Who

ʿAbd al-Salām Ṣalih (?, Jordan) – Akthar Min Waham (‘More than an illusion’, 2017). Samaʾ, the novel’s female protagonist, is

Ghāʾib Ṭuʿmah Farmān (1927 – 1995, Iraq) – al-Nakhla wa al-Jīrān (‘The Palm Tree and the Neighbours’, 1966) depicts life

ʿAbdallah al-Ṭāʾī (1924 – 1973, Oman) – al-Shāriʿa al-Kabīr (‘The big street’, 1981). This novel is set during the 15th

For more examples of literary works, search for ‘Egyptian Dialect’ in the search tool.   Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm (1898 – 1987,