- Yāsīn ʿAdnān (1970-, Morocco) – Hūt Mārūk (2016, English trans. Hot Maroc, 2021). Set in Marrakesh, this comic novel paints a detailed picture of contemporary Moroccan society through the anonymous blog of its main character who describes the changes taking place around him. Among others he describes the student movements of the university of Marrakesh and criticizes Moroccan’s intellectuals and politicians, all of whom the novel gives animalistic traits and names, including the hero himself: Raḥḥāl the squirrel (reference). Although Raḥḥāl is in real-life somewhat of a coward, the internet gives him the means to speak his mind without taking responsibility for it, a phenomenon that is not specific to Morocco but happens all over the word (see also in S: Social Issues and Societal Change: Globalization and Consumerism and L: Language and Dialects: Dialects: Moroccan dialects).
- Marrakech Noir (2018). Edited by Yassin Adnan (written as Yāsīn ʿAdnān in transliteration), this collection of noir short stories by both Moroccan writers as well as writers from Moroccan decent living abroad, describes the lively city of Marrakech. The stories are translated to English from Arabic, French and Dutch. Authors from this collection include Fouad Laroui, Abdelkader Benali and Hanane Derkaoui. The novel is part of Akashic Books’ Noir Series that reflects on different cities of the world such as Baghdad (see above in Iraq), Tehran, and Beirut (see above in Lebanon).