Under the Neem Tree by Rania Mamoun
Sudan | short story collection | 128pp

A young girl grows jealous of her mother's lemon tree, which may be more sentient than she knows. A college student confronts tragedies past and present when police attack a university protest. A busy lawyer searches the city for a woman claiming to have been sent from the Hereafter.

In this powerful and intimate collection, Rania Mamoun blends fiction and memoir to create a rich and multifaceted portrait of Sudanese women. From unexpected love to political defiance, Mamoun brings tenderness and a poetic clarity of voice to tales of human connection. Grounded in the reality of life and politics in Sudan, while also laced with moments of the surreal and speculative, these twelve stories will be embraced by fans of Claire Keegan and Marie NDiaye, and by English-language readers eager for emotionally intimate characters, deeply human stories, and a striking, unique voice.
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The Missing Liver by Ahmed Naji
Egypt | short story collection | 97pp

Sex, drugs, and electro-shaabi music: a vivid and off-kilter collection of stories by Egyptian author Ahmed Naji.

 “Ahmed Naji confronts what happens when one’s fundamentally unserious, oversexed youth dovetails with an authoritarian, utterly self-serious regime.” —Zadie Smith

  • Excerpt published in The Book of Cairo (Comma Press, 2019). 
  • Sample available on request.
And the Family Devoured Its Men by Dima Wannous
Syria | novel | 183pp

A family portrait of great tenderness and pain, and a precise and glittering look at what it means to lose home, told in Wannous' concise and luminous language.

  • Sample available on request.
  • Rights held by RAYA Agency.
My Dragon by Bassam Altaji, illustrated by Charlotte Shama
​Kuwait | picture book | 30pp

A charming and beautifully illustrated picture book about little boy and his imaginary friend: a gentle dragon.

       Shushuya is a dragon, and
       Shushuya is my friend.

       He’s beautiful and very large
       ​With scales from end to end.
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  • Full English translation available on request.
Against the Tide by Taghreed Najjar
Palestine / Jordan | middle grade | 155pp

A thrilling middle grade novel, inspired by the true story of a young Palestinian girl who became Gaza’s first fisherwoman.

  • Translation eligible for full funding through a Sheikh Zayed Translation Grant.
  • Excerpt published in Words Without Borders. 
  • Shortlisted for the Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature & Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Children’s Literature.