1. The Story of Zahra (Hanan al-Shaykh)
2. Women of Algiers in their Apartments (Assia Djebar)
3. Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
4. Zanouba (Out El-Kouloub)
5. The Almond (Nedjma)
6. Sabriya: Damascus Bittersweet (Ulfat Idilbi)
7. Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (Mohja Kahf)
8. Fatma (Raja Alem)
9. Year of the Elephant (Leila Abouzeid)
10. “Apple” in I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops (Hanan al-Shaykh)
This is my own listing of the Ten Best Novels and Short Stories by Muslim Women. Suggestions? Additions? Favourites you would like to share? Comment to let me know!
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