Arabic Fiction - Adults

"Social and familial relationships form the frame of reference for Buthaina Al-Essa's novel "Bride of the Rain," where she observes a complex web of interconnected, multifaceted, and diverse relationships. These relationships unfold through the story of twins Osama and Asma. Fate decreed that the boy would be handsome, while the girl would be considered unattractive, living in isolation and filled with disappointment. While each character in the novel...

'The Absent Woman' a novel in the Arabic language also by Madhi Isa Saqr. An Iraqi electrical appliance repairman falls in love with a woman who lost her husband during the war.

al'amtar zadat ghazarataha waka'ana alsama' 'amsat qurbat ma' hayilat shaqat twlaan bikhinjar had, alriyah tarqus raqsat aljunun dunuma tawaqafa, wa'aswatuha euil eajayiz 'iithr jayihat eazimatin, samhat fi tariqiha 'iilaa hatfiha almahtum hayth tabadaa li aljabal mwtaan emlaqaan bastaan dhiraeayh yastaeidu liaihtidanihim.falik eazim yajri fi 'amwaj 'aezami, almarat al'uwlaa alati 'ushahid fiha samhat, tubahar min baeid walast fiha, ra'aytuha hayilat...

kam tghyr mafhum alsulutat 'iidh aintaqalat min kawnuha tbqana janbyana mmlana ltthwwl 'iilaa najmat almawayid alyawma. 'in hdha alkitab yahtawi ealaa wasifat mubtakarat litaqdim alsulutat ealaa shakl mqbblat wa'atbaq janibiat warayiysiat baslwb jadaydin, kama wayaltaft 'iilaa 'ashhaa kalasikiaat ealam alsulutati, lyqddmha lana bhhlt jadidat.