- Badriyyah al-Bishr (1967-, Saudi Arabia) – al-Urjūḥah (‘The swing’, 2010). This novel portrays three women from Saudi Arabia who have become friends after each fled to Genève, Switzerland, for a different reason: Maryam looking for her husband who left her with their two kids in Riyadh, Salwa looking for her ex-husband whom her family forced her to divorce, and ʿAnāb fleeing from her husband, a Yemeni taxi-driver who mistreated her, and who her family forced her to marry (reference).
- Ghādah al-Sammān (1942-, Syria) – Laylat al-Milyār (1986, English trans. The Night of the First Billion, 2005). Laylat al-Milyār traces the post-war life of Lebanese exiles in Geneva, Switzerland, at the time of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. The exiled follow the developments in their home country with horror and sorrow, while also dealing with immigration, cultural assimilation, and nationalism (also in 1975 – 1988 Lebanese Civil War).
Refrences:
In order of appearance
- Rasūl Muḥammad Rasūl. 2010. “Fitnah al-Jasad al-Abinūsī: Simyāʾiyāt Badriyah al-Bashr fī Riwayah ‘al-Urjūḥa.” www.elaph.com, 29 September 2010, https://elaph.com/Web/Culture/2010/9/600072.html (last accessed 23 November 2021)