Remember when you were few in number and oppressed on earth, fearing that others would overwhelm you. God gave you shelter, granted you victory, and provided you with good things, that you might be grateful. (8: 26)
So wait for a day when the heavens will bring a manifest smoke to cover people. This is a dire punishment. (44:10)
The imminent is imminent. Only God can disclose it (53:57)
There is no compulsion in religion. (2:256)
They schemed and God schemed, and God is the best of schemers. (3:54)
Those who go astray cannot hurt you if you are rightly guided. (5:105)
Those who unjustly consume the property of orphans will taste fire in their bellies and will roast in hellfire. (4:10)
Verily humanity oversteps its reach by thinking itself sufficient. (96:6)
When they angered us. we took revenge on them. (43:55)
Whoever associates with God anything, it is as though he has fallen from Heaven and the birds snatch him away, or the wind sweeps him headlong into a place far away. (22:31)
Modem Arabic Literature
from the American University in Cairo Press
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid Sinai of Amber • Distant Train
No Out Sleeps in Alexandria • The Other Time
Yahya Taher Abdullah The Collar and the Bracelet • The Mountain of Green Tea
Leila Abouzeid The Last Chapter
Hamdi Abu Golayyel A Dog with No Tail • Thieves in Retirement
Yusuf Abu Rayya Wedding Night
Ahmed Alaidy Being Abbas el Abd
Idris Ali Dongola • Poor
Radwa Ashour Granada
Ibrahim Asian The Heron • Nile Sparrows
Alaa Al Aswany Chicago • Friendly Fire • The Yacoubian Building
Fadhil al-Azzawi Cell Block Five • The Last of the Angels
Ali Bader Papa Sartre
Liana Badr The Eye of the Mirror
Hala El Badly A Certain Woman • Muntaha
Salwa Bakr The Golden Chariot • The Man from Bashmour
The Wiles of Men
Halim Barakat The Crane
Hoda Barakat Disciples of Passion • The Tiller of Waters
Mound Barghouti I Saw Ramallah
Mohamed Berrada Like a Summer Never to Be Repeated
Mohamed El-Bisatie Clamor of the Lake
Houses Behind the Trees • Hunger
A Last Glass of Tea • Over the Bridge
Mahmoud Darwish The Butterfly’s Burden
Tarek Eltayeb Cities without Palms
Mansoura Ez Eldin Maryam’s Maze
Ibrahim Farghali The Smiles of the Saints
Hamdy el-Gazzar Black Magic
Fathy Ghanem The Man Who Lost His Shadow
Randa Ghazy Dreaming of Palestine
Gamal al-Ghitani Pyramid Texts • The Zafarani Files • Zayni Barakat
Tawfiq al-Hakim The Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim
Yahya Hakki The Lump of Umm Hashim
Abdelilah Hamdouchi Tie Final Bet
Bensalem Himmich The Polymath • The Theocrat
Taha Hussein The Days • A Man of Letters • The Sufferers
Sonallah Ibrahim Cairo: From Edge to Edge • The Committee • Zaat
Yusuf Idris City of Love and Ashes • The Essential Yusuf Idris
Denys Johnson-Davies The AUC Press Book of Modern Arabic Literature
In a Fertile Desert: Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates’
Under the Naked Sky: Short Stories from the Arab World
Said al-Kafrawi The Hill of Gypsies
Sahar Khalifeh
The End of Spring The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant • The Inheritance
Edwar al-Kharrat Rama and the Dragon • Stones of Bobello
Betool Khedairi Absent
Mohammed Khudayyir Basrayatha
Ibrahim al-Koni Anubis • Gold Dust • The Seven Veils of Seth
Naguib Mahfouz Adrift on the Nile • Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth
Arabian Nights and Days • Autumn Quail • Before the Throne • The Beggar
The Beginning and the End • Cairo Modern
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street
Children of the Alley • The Day the Leader Was Killed
The Dreams • Dreams of Departure • Echoes of an Autobiography
The Harafish • The Journey of Ibn Fattouma • Karnak Café
Khan al-Khalili • Khufu’s Wisdom • Life’s Wisdom • Midaq Alley
The Mirage • Miramar • Mirrors • Morning and Evening Talk
Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber • Respected Sir • Rhadopis of Nubia
The Search • The Seventh Heaven • Thebes at War
The Thief and the Dogs • The Time and the Place
Voices from the Other World • Wedding Song
Mohamed Makhzangi Memories of a Meltdown
Alia Mamdouh The Loved Ones • Naphtalene
Selim Matar The Woman of the Flask
Ibrahim al-Mazini Ten Again
Yousef Al-Mohaimeed Wolves of the Crescent Moon
Ahlam Mosteghanemi Chaos of the Senses • Memory in the Flesh
Shakir Mustafa Contemporary Iraqi Fiction: An Anthology
Mohamed Mustagab Tales from Dayrut
Buthaina Al Nasiri Final Night
Ibrahim Nasrallah Inside the Night
Haggag Hassan Oddoul Nights of Musk
Mohamed Mansi Qandil Moon over Samarqand
Abd al-Hakim Qasim Rites of Assent
Somaya Ramadan Leaves of Narcissus
Lenin El-Ramly In Plain Arabic
Mekkawi Said Cairo Swan Song
Ghada Samman The Night of the First Billion
Mahdi Issa al-Saqr East Winds. West Winds
Rafik Schami Damascus Nights • The Dark Side of Love
Khairy Shalaby The Hashish Waiter’ The Lodging House
Miral al-Tahawy Blue Aubergine • Gazelle Tracks • The Tent
Bahan Tahar As Doha Said • Love in Exile
Fuad al-Takarli The Long Way Back
Zakaria Tamer The Hedgehog
MM. Tawfik Murder in the Tower of Happiness
Mahmoud Al-Wardani Heads Ripe for Plucking
Latifa al-Zayyat The Open Door
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