Authors from the Middle East

I have been missing my father (he's been gone ten years) and the stories he'd tell me, particularly the lyrical way he would tell them. It's just not like the tales of other people.

Please recommend me books by Middle Eastern authors, particularly retelling of folk tales, but it doesn't have to be. I like true stories, too. I especially like lyrical writing styles.

I especially like audiobooks, because I am disabled, and some days it's hard for me to physically hold a book without shaking.