While we are on the subject of Arabic-speaking cats, here are five Arabic novels and short story collections in which cats play - as they should - a central role.

There are many more, but if you have any particular favourites, do add them 😊

#Thread 🧵📚🐈 1️⃣ Published in 1997 & illustrated by Maha Nasrallah, What Happened to Zeeko recounts the events of the Lebanese Civil War from the perspective of a cat.

Zeeko was a real cat who belonged to Emily’s daughter & who was killed in 1982 when the family’s home in Beirut was bombed.