It was on January 25, 2011, that a larger-than-ever protest took over Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Here, 5 years later, are the best Egyptian literary works about it.

Written by Lilah Khoja, this is the sixth and last of our fictional short stories. In it, Lilah imagines several imaginary scenes in a Damascene subway.

الكاتبة ليلى خوجة كتبت قصة خيالية عن مترو في مدينتها دمشق والركاب والمسافرون الذين نتعرف بهم في المترو.

Ecrit par la Libanaise Diala Gemayel, voici le cinquième texte de fiction que nous publions. Les mots peuvent-ils réveiller les consciences?

I remember clearly the moment we stood facing each other — I, wondering if he was Iranian, and he, probably thinking that I was Iraqi.

One of six fictional short stories, published as part of our inaugural fiction series, that share an interest in the ‘fate’ of the Middle East.

This is the second of six fictional short stories, about Amina, a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Amman, who receives a special letter.

The first of six fictional short stories from our inaugural fiction series. This piece is on the ashwa’iyet (unauthorized shanty dwellings) of Egypt.

Call for submissions! Mashallah is looking for short fiction pieces on the theme of ‘Fate.’ Deadline 16 February 2014.

كنت قد سمعت الكثير وأنا أكبُر في لبنان في فترة ما بعد الحرب، عن مدينة كانت قد بُنيت قبل أن أولد بوقت طويل واسمها بيروت.