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Adults' Fiction Books

 

  • Innaha ghaltat Flubir (riwayah) by Muhammad Taan
  • Al-Wuquf ala qadam wahidah (riwayah) by Munika Nabil Aziz
  • Alwan thanawiyah (riwayah) by Sarah Shihatah
  • Sada (riwayah) by Shirin Hanai
  • Al-Bahth an al-jamilah wa-kharajat min Ki by Mamduh Al-Ghali
  • Fursah thaniyah by Inan Bakir
  • Ahmis lahum hatta yuskinhum by Mamduh Abd al - MunimRamadan
  • Lubnaniyah fi Bulaq - kull sanat wa-anti ta by Rasiya Saadah
  • Habibati tabibat al-uyun by Ashraf Al-Sabbagh
  • Akhta al-laylah al-madiyah fi Stuk'hulm by Salma Samih Shams al-Din
  • Hikayat min ghurfat al-I'dam (riwayah) by Dina Imad
  • Khid'at al-sahir (riwayah) by Malak Ibrahim
  • Li-ajl tilka al-layali (riwayah) by Mayy Hamzah
  • Bi-Ahda layali Nufimbir - Ila fana'ina wa-h by Khulud Mustafa

 

 

Adults' Non-Fiction Books

 

  • Bartaman Nutella - awwal kitab fi Misr yak by Mahmud Zaki
  • Kunn ant by Hadiyah Mahmud
  • In kabir ibnak khawih - bidayah jadidah li-t by Ihab Majid
  • Husayn Riyad, al-fannan sahib al-alf wajh by Amr Dawwrah
  • Al-Is'afat al-awaliyah lil-sihhah al-nafsiyah by Ahmad Jibril 
     

 

Children's Fiction Books

 

  • Ana muathir fi al-alam! by Mustafa Atif
  • Jiddati Karmah by Hasan Sabri
  • Fursan al-sharq by Ahmad al-Sayyid Abu Mikki
  • Tumi wa-al-zairah al-khadra - majmuah qi by Halah Mustafa
  • Al-battah shahrman by Aishah Al-Ghays
  • Sanah saidah by Munir Utaybah
  • Rihlah ila markaz al-ard by Jul Firn
  • Yahduthu fi al-madrasah by Halah Mustafa Muhammad
  • Al-hut al-mushakis by Muhammad Fathi
  • Al-Hubb al-'azim wa-qisas ukhra lil-atfahl by Sayyidah Hamid Abd al-'Al

Explore our collection of books in Arabic.

 

 

The following books can be ordered from our catalogue.