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The Iraqi Nights by Dunya Mikhail

The Iraqi Nights

Dunya Mikhail

83 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
We are All Equally Far from Love by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي, Paul Starkey

We are All Equally Far from Love

Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي, Paul Starkey

148 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
The Coffeehouse by Mahfouz Naguib

The Coffeehouse

Mahfouz Naguib

208 pages • first pub 1988 (editions) user-added

fiction historical
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman by Joumana Haddad

I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman

Joumana Haddad

160 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Mister N by Najwa Barakat

Mister N

Najwa Barakat

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Story of Zahra by Hanan Al-Shaykh

The Story of Zahra

Hanan Al-Shaykh

215 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
Diary of a Country Prosecutor by Tawfik Al-Hakim

Diary of a Country Prosecutor

Tawfik Al-Hakim

135 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction reflective slow-paced
L'Immeuble Yacoubian by Alaa Al Aswany

L'Immeuble Yacoubian

Alaa Al Aswany

324 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
The Djinn's Apple by Djamila Morani

The Djinn's Apple

Djamila Morani

160 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical mystery young adult emotional mysterious sad fast-paced