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Thus Spoke Abu Hurayrah

حدّث أبو هريرة قال

Written by

Mahmoud Messadi

A journey away from religion to sexuality and pleasure

Published in 1973

by Sud Editions

(Tunisia)
Sultana

سلطانة

Written by

Ghalib Halasa

A modern tale of Jordanian history through the autobiographical lens of a leftist intellectual

Published in 1987

by Dar Al Haqa’iq

(Lebanon)
Maimouna

ميمونة

Written by

Mahmoud Trawri

A novel about African migration to Mecca

Published in 2007

by Dar Al Mada

(Iraq)
Satin Man

رجل من ساتان

Written by

Souhaib Ayoub

A rich exploration of the ambiguous place of one queer man within the close-knit fabric of working-class Tripolitanian life

Published in 2019

by Hachette Antoine

(Lebanon)