Main group 1

• al-Naʿīmī, Hudā, Abāṭīl, Kairo: al-Dār al-Miṣriyya al-Lubnāniyya, 2001Compulsory*
• En doft av mynta: noveller av kvinnliga arabiska författare, [Lund], Dar Al-Kitab, [2000]Compulsory*
• Mahfouz, Naguib, Aḥlām fatrat an-naqāha, Kairo: Dār al-Shurūq, 2006Compulsory*
• Ramsay, Gail, Layla and Me, Part of: Revisioning Red riding hood around the world: an anthology of international retellings, Detroit, MI, Wayne State University Press, cop. 2014, p. 336–341Compulsory*
• Fāyiz, Jamāl, ar-Raqṣ ʿalā ḥāfat al-jurḥ, Kairo: Markaz al-Ḥaḍāra al-ʿarabiyya, 2001, http://www.jamalfayez.com/sweden.htm

Main group 2

• Allen, Roger M. A., The Arabic literary heritage: the development of its genres and criticism, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998
• A dictionary of modern written Arabic (Arabic-English), 4th ed. considerably enl. and amended by the author, New York, Spoken Language Services, 1994

* Compulsory