10 stories
The Arab Spring | الربيع العربي
A journalist and a protestor meet in Tahrir Square. The revolution changes everything—including what they mean to each other.
The Cairo Antique Dealer | تاجرة التحف القاهرية
She sells antiques in Khan el-Khalili. He's the collector searching for a specific piece. What he finds is far more valuable.
The Friday Sermon | خطبة الجمعة
The imam's wife hasn't been touched in years. The young scholar who comes to study notices her loneliness—and decides to fill it.
The Islamic Bookshop | مكتبة الكتب الإسلامية
A rare Islamic texts dealer in Cairo. A scholar who needs what only she can find. Their search for manuscripts becomes a search for something more.
The Ramadan Nights | ليالي رمضان
After iftar at her brother-in-law's house, a widow finds comfort in unexpected arms. The holy month brings sacred hungers—and profane ones.
دَرْسُ المَفْعُولِ لِأَجْلِهِ | The Lesson of Purpose
A healer in medieval Cairo learns to express purpose and motivation through المفعول لأجله, as she discovers the true reasons behind a warrior's visit.
The Caliph's Concubine of Cairo | جَارِيَةُ الخَلِيفَةِ في القَاهِرَة
In the Fatimid palace, a concubine destined for the Caliph's bed finds her heart stolen by a palace poet, igniting a passion that threatens empires.
The Physician of Cairo | طَبيبُ القاهِرَة
A renowned physician in Fatimid Cairo discovers that healing the body sometimes requires exploring forbidden territories with a voluptuous patient.
The Physician's Daughter of Cairo | بِنْتُ الطَّبيبِ في القاهِرَة
In the shadow of Al-Azhar, a physician's voluptuous daughter discovers the healing arts of the flesh with a wounded soldier she nurses back to health.
The Slave Girl Who Became Queen | الجارِيَةُ التي صارَتْ مَلِكَة
In the Mamluk courts of Egypt, a voluptuous slave girl rises from the harem to become a queen by capturing the heart of the Sultan with her wit and her passionate body.