• (Anonymous): A Hundred and One Nights (B+)
• (Anonymous): The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman (B+) - The Arabic Epic of Dhat al-Himma
  
  
• ABDEL AZIZ, Basma: The Queue (B)
• ABDUL-WALI, Mohammad: They Die Strangers (B+)
• ABOUZEID, Leila: The Last Chapter (B)
• ADNAN, Yassin: Hot Maroc (B)
• al-AHDAL, Wajdi: A Land without Jasmine (B)
• ALAIDY, Ahmed: Being Abbas el Abd (B+)
• AL-ESSA, Bothayna: The Book Censor's Library (B)
• ALI, Idris: Poor (B)
• ALOMAR, Osama: The Teeth of the Comb (B+)
• ALSANEA, Rajaa: Girls of Riyadh (B)
• al AMEER, Rasha: Judgment Day (B)
• ʿANTARAH ibn Shaddād: War Songs (B)
• ANTOON, Sinan:
  • The Book of Collateral Damage (B+)
  • The Corpse Washer (B)
  • I'jaam (B+)
• al-ASWANY, Alaa:
  • Chicago (B)
  • Friendly Fire (B)
  • The Yacoubian Building (B+)
• al-ATIQ, Fahd: Life on Hold (B+)
• al-AZZAWI, Fadhil:
  • Cell Block Five (B+)
  • The Last of the Angels (B)
  • The Traveler and the Innkeeper (B)
• BADER, Ali: Papa Sartre (B)
• BASSIOUNEY, Reem:
  • The Pistachio Seller (B-)
  • Professor Hanaa (B)
  • Sons of the People (B+)
• el-BISATIE, Mohamed:
  • Drumbeat (B)
  • Over the Bridge (B+)
• BLASIM, Hassan: The Madman of Freedom Square (B)
• BUSTANI, Hisham: The Perception of Meaning (B)
• CHREITEH, Alexandra: Always Coca-Cola (B)
• al-DAIF, Rashid:
  • Dear Mr Kawabata (B)
  • Learning English (B)
  • Who's Afraid of Meryl Streep ? (B)
• DIYĀB, Ḥannā: The Book of Travels (B+)
• DOUAIHY, Jabbour: Printed in Beirut (B)
• ELTAYEB, Tarek:
  • Cities without Palms (B)
  • The Palm House (B+)
• ESSA, Ibrahim: The Televangelist (B-)
• EZ ELDIN, Mansoura: Maryam's Maze (B-)
• FARGHALI, Ibrahim: The Smiles of the Saints (B+)
• GHANEM, Fathy: The Man Who Lost His Shadow (A-)
• al-GHITANI, Gamal:
  • Pyramid Texts (B+)
  • Zayni Barakat (B+)
• HAKKI, Yahya: The Lamp of Umm Hashim (B+)
• HAMDOUCHI, Abdelilah:
  • The Final Bet (B)
  • Whitefly (B)
• HIMMICH, Bensalem:
  • The Polymath (A-)
  • The Theocrat (B)
• IBRAHIM, Sonallah:
  • The Committee (B)
  • Zaat (A-)
• IDRIS, Yusuf:
  • City of Love and Ashes (B)
  • Tales of Encounter (B)
• JABER, Rabee: The Mehlis Report (B+)
• KAMEL, Adel: The Magnificent Conman of Cairo (B)
• KHALED, Mai: The Magic of Turquoise (B-)
• KHALED TOWFIK, Ahmed: Utopia (B)
• KHAMISSI, Khaled Al: Taxi (B)
• KHUDAYYIR, Mohammed: Basrayatha (B)
• al-KONI, Ibrahim:
  • The Fetishists (A-)
  • Gold Dust (B+)
  • The Night Will Have Its Say (B)
• MAHFOUZ, Naguib:
  • See the complete review's Naguib Mahfouz page.
  • Adrift on the Nile (B)
  • Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth (B+)
  • Arabian Nights and Days (A-)
  • Before the Throne (B)
  • The Beginning and the End (B+)
  • Cairo Modern (B+)
  • The Cairo Trilogy (A-)
    • Palace Walk (A-)
    • Palace of Desire (B+)
    • Sugar Street (B+)
  • The Coffeehouse (B)
  • The Day the Leader Was Killed (A-)
  • The Dreams (B)
  • Echoes of an Autobiography (B)
  • The Final Hour (B)
  • Heart of the Night (B)
  • In the Time of Love (B)
  • The Journey of Ibn Fattouma (A-)
  • Karnak Café (B)
  • Khufu's Wisdom (B+)
  • Life's Wisdom (-)
  • Love in the Rain (B)
  • Morning and Evening Talk (A-)
  • Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber (B)
  • Respected Sir (B+)
  • Rhadopis of Nubia (B)
  • Thebes at War (B+)
  • Wedding Song (B+)
• MANDOUR, Sahar: 32 (B)
• MATAR, Selim: The Woman of the Flask (B)
• MERSAL, Iman: Traces of Enayat (B)
• al-MOHAIMEED, Yousef:
  • Munira's Bottle (B)
  • Where Pigeons Don't Fly (B)
  • Wolves of the Crescent Moon (B+)
• MOHAMED, Deena: Shubeik Lubeik (UK title: Your Wish Is My Command) (B)
• MOHAMMED, Aziz: The Critical Case of a Man Called K (B)
• MUNIF, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān:
  • The Trench (A-)
  • Variations on Night and Day (B)
• al-MUWAYLIḤĪ, Muḥammad: What ʻĪsā Ibn Hishām told us (B)
• NAJI, Ahmed: Using Life (B-)
• NEIMI, Salwa Al: The Proof of the Honey (B-)
• QASIM, Abd al-Hakim: Rites of Assent (B)
• SAID, Mekkawi: Cairo Swan Song (B)
• SALMAWY, Mohamed: Butterfly Wings (B)
• SAYFO, Omar: Allah's Spacious Earth (B)
• SHAFEE, Magdy El: Metro (B-)
• SHALABY, Khairy:
  • The Lodging House (B)
  • The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets (B)
• SHIBLI, Adania: Touch (B)
• al-SHIDYAQ, Ahmad Faris:
  • Leg Over Leg (I) (A)
  • Leg Over Leg (II) (-)
• al-SHWĒʿIR, Ḥmēdān: Arabian Satire (B)
• SIREES, Nihad: The Silence and the Roar (B)
• Al-SUWAIDI, Thani: The Diesel (B)
• SWEILEH, Khalil: Writing Love (B)
• TAG ELSIR, Amir: Telepathy (B)
• al-TAHAWY, Miral: Blue Aubergine (B+)
• TAHER, Bahaa: As Doha Said (B)
• TAMER, Zakaria:
  • Breaking Knees (B)
  • The Hedgehog (B)
  • Sour Grapes (B)
• TAWFIK, M.M.:
  • candygirl (B)
  • Murder in the Tower of Happiness (B)
• al-TŪNISĪ, Muḥammad: In Darfur (B)
• al-WARDANI, Mahmoud: Heads Ripe for Plucking (B)
• ZAYDAN, Jurji: Tree of Pearls, Queen of Egypt (B)
  
  
• See also: JOHNSON-DAVIES, Denys: Memories in Translation (B) - A Life Between the Lines Of Arabic Literature
• See also: KILITO, Abdelfattah: Thou Shalt Not Speak My Language (B+)
• See also: MOGINET, Stefan F.: Writing Arabic (-)
• See also: SAFOUAN, Moustapha: Why are the Arabs not Free ? (B) - The Politics of Writing
• See also: TRESILIAN, David: A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature (B)

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