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Modern Arabic Literature: Fiction

A library research guide for students of Modern Arabic literature.

Belles lettres and narrative prose

Famous Arab writers

Top 50 Arab authors (Source: Arab Writers Union)

  • Naguib Mahfouz
  • Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
  • Sonallah Ibrahim
  • Yousef Al-Qaeed
  • Ghassan Kanafani
  • Emile Habibi
  • Haidar Haidar
  • Edward al-Kharrat
  • Mahmoud Messadi
  • Ghada Samman
  • Ibrahim al-Koni
  • Abdul Rahman Majeed al-Rubaie
  • Shakir Mustafa
  • Fouad Al-Takarli
  • Hanna Mina
  • Gamal al-Ghitani
  • Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih
  • Leila Baalbaki
  • Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
  • Bahaa Taher
  • Nabil Suleiman
  • Hani al-Raheb
  • Yusuf Idris
  • Muhammad Salih al-Jabri
  • Tayeb Salih
  • Ahlam Mosteghanemi
  • Mohamed Choukri
  • Abdul-Karim Nassif
  • Walid Ikhlassi
  • Tawfiq Yousef Awad
  • Fathi Ghanem
  • Yaha Yakhlaf
  • Rashad Abu Shawar
  • Ali Abu Al-Rish
  • Gha’ib Ti’ma Firman
  • Munther al-Qabbani
  • Yahya Hakki
  • Abu El Maati Abu El Naga
  • Khairy Shalaby
  • Aroussia Naluti
  • Ghalib Halasa
  • Ibrahim Aslan
  • Elias Khoury
  • Suhail Idriss
  • Tawfiq al-Hakim
  • Zayd Mutee Dammaj
  • Mohammed Berrada
  • Mubarak Al-Rabih
  • Hassan Nasrallah
  • Moussa Ould Ebnou
  • Abdel-Hakim Qasim

Drama