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Rīm Bassīyūnī (1973 – , Egypt) – Mārīyū wa Abū al-ʿAbbās (2023, English trans. Mario and Abu L- Abbas, 2025)….

Taos Amrouche (1913 – 1976, Algeria) – L’Amant imaginaire (‘The imaginary lover’, 1975) centers a thirty-year old female narrator who,

Leila Aboulela (1964-, Sudan) – The Translator (1999). Written in English, this novel focusses on the role of religion in

Rabih Alameddine (1959-, Lebanon / USA) – I, the Divine (2001). Football in this literary work is associated with the

ʿĀʾishah al-Aṣfar (1956-, Libya) – Kharījāt Qāriyūnis (‘Graduates of Garyounis University’, 2007). This novel centres a group of female students

Dalāl Khalīfah (?, Qatar) – Min al-Baḥḥār al-Qadīm Ilayk (‘From the ancient mariner to you’, 1995). Originally published without the

Taos Amrouche (1913 – 1976, Algeria) – Solitudes ma mère (‘Solitude, My Mother’, 1995) is about the author’s mother, Fadhma

Hudā Barakāt (1952-, Lebanon) – Ḥārath al-Miyāh (1998, English Trans. The Tiller of Waters, 2004). Set in a destroyed Beirut

Yūsuf Idrīs’ (1927 – 1991, Egypt) short story ‘ʿAlā Asyūṭ’ (‘To Assyut’) describes the conditions of government hospitals in an