Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washes, Prays | 2020 | Noor Naga | Buy |
| 2 | If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English | 2022 | Noor Naga | Buy |
Noor Naga’s published works include the poetry collection Washes, Prays (2020) and the novel If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English (2022). Both books explore identity, language, and the experience of being caught between cultures.
Washes, Prays earned attention in Canadian literary circles and deals with themes of faith, ritual, and displacement. The poems draw on Naga’s Egyptian-Canadian background, and the collection has been praised for its precise, spare language.
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English takes a different form but covers similar ground. The novel follows two young Egyptians from very different social classes whose relationship reveals tensions around privilege, belonging, and what it means to claim a national identity. Naga’s fiction debut was shortlisted for several awards and brought her work to a wider audience beyond the poetry world.