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: Stories by Naguib Mahfouz

The Quarter: Stories

Naguib Mahfouz

fiction short stories young adult challenging reflective slow-paced

128 pages | first published 2019

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

Leïla Slimani with Sophie Lewis (Translator)

nonfiction

4 hours | first published 2020

Les demeures sans nom: et autres nouvelles by Spôjmaï Zariâb

Les demeures sans nom: et autres nouvelles

Spôjmaï Zariâb

medium-paced

320 pages

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

fiction short stories challenging reflective fast-paced

116 pages | first published 1983

Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun, Elisabeth Jaquette

Thirteen Months of Sunrise

Rania Mamoun, Elisabeth Jaquette

fiction short stories emotional reflective sad slow-paced

80 pages | first published 2009

Something Strange, Like Hunger: Short Stories by Malika Moustadraf

Something Strange, Like Hunger: Short Stories

Malika Moustadraf

fiction short stories challenging dark fast-paced

176 pages | first published 2022

Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela

Elsewhere, Home

Leila Aboulela

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

224 pages | first published 2018

Animals in Our Days by Mohamed Makhzangi

Animals in Our Days

Mohamed Makhzangi with Chip Rossetti (Translator)

adventurous reflective medium-paced

208 pages | first published 2022

Seasons of Purgatory by Shahriar Mandanipour

Seasons of Purgatory

Shahriar Mandanipour with Sara Khalili (Translator)

fiction short stories adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

208 pages | first published 2022

Alligator and Other Stories by Dima Alzayat

Alligator and Other Stories

Dima Alzayat

fiction short stories emotional reflective slow-paced

206 pages | first published 2020