The 2022 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

Short Story Collection By An Arab Author
 The 22 members of the Arab League as of 2021 are Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
 Authors in the diaspora are valid entries. 
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The Quarter by Naguib Mahfouz

The Quarter

Naguib Mahfouz

128 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction short stories young adult challenging reflective slow-paced
Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World by Leïla Slimani
Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World
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Leïla Slimani

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World

Leïla Slimani

4 hours • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Les demeures sans nom: et autres nouvelles by Spôjmaï Zariâb

Les demeures sans nom: et autres nouvelles

Spôjmaï Zariâb

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction short stories medium-paced
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories by Alifa Rifaat, Denys Johnson-Davies, أليفة رفعت

Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories

Alifa Rifaat, Denys Johnson-Davies, أليفة رفعت

116 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective fast-paced
Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun, Elisabeth Jaquette

Thirteen Months of Sunrise

Rania Mamoun, Elisabeth Jaquette

80 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela

Elsewhere, Home

Leila Aboulela

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Animals in Our Days by Mohamed Makhzangi

Animals in Our Days

Mohamed Makhzangi

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

adventurous reflective medium-paced
Seasons of Purgatory by Shahriar Mandanipour

Seasons of Purgatory

Shahriar Mandanipour

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
We Wrote in Symbols: Lust and Erotica by Arab Women Writers by Selma Dabbagh

We Wrote in Symbols: Lust and Erotica by Arab Women Writers

Selma Dabbagh

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction erotica challenging reflective medium-paced
Something Strange, Like Hunger by Malika Moustadraf

Something Strange, Like Hunger

Malika Moustadraf

145 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging dark fast-paced