* The Other Place (_Makan Akhar_), 2008
* Days of the Elephant (Ayyam al-Fil), 2014
Short Story Collections:
* The Book of the Sea (_Kitab al-Bahr_), 2006
Nonfiction:
* The Book of the Sea: A Memoir (_Kitab al-Bahr: Mudhakkarat_), 2017
Awards and Honors:
* Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, 2008
* International Prize for Arabic Fiction, shortlist, 2009
* Al-Ahram Literary Award, 2014