EGYPT
 
The Beginning and the end
 
Naguib Mahfouz
A novel of human struggle by the Nobel prize winner who is probably Egypt's greatest writer. See also The Cairo Trilogy
 
Memoirs of a woman doctor
 
Nawal el Sadawi
Novel looks at the role of women in Egyptian society
See also God Dies By The Nile
 
Map of love
 
Ahdaf Soueifr

Magnificent, rich, historical novel