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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,

ʿAbd al-Qādir ʿAlūllah’s (1939 – 1994, Algeria) plays are typically in the Algerian dialect, as he believed dialect was the