What is this genre all about? The Middle East is a historical and political region of Afro-Eurasia with no clear boundaries. It has a loose definition traditionally encompassing countries or regions in Western Asia and parts of North Africa such as Iran, Israel, Egypt, Morocco.
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Top 5 Middle East manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
5. Otoyomegatari
A Bride’s Story tells the tale of a beautiful young bride in nineteenth-century Asia. At the age of twenty, Amir is sent to a neighboring town to be wed. But her surprise at learning her new husband, Karluk, is eight years younger than her is quickly replaced by a deep affection for the boy and his family. Though she hails from just beyond the mountains, Amir’s clan had very different customs, foods, and clothes from what Karluk is used to. As the two of them learn more about each other through their day-to-day lives, the bond of respect and love grows stronger.
A Bride's Story is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 乙嫁語り, Young Bride's Story, Otoyome-gatari, The Bride's Stories, Pariya-san wa Otoshigoro
4. Aoi Horus no Hitomi: Dansou no Joou no Monogatari
It's the beginning of a new era in the Egypt of pharaohs: the marriage of the young Hatchepsout and her half-brother Sethi make him the legitimate heir to the throne, under the name of Toutmosis III. Ambassadors of the gods on Earth, they shine to their people and seem at first glance like the perfect couple. However, under her mask of a perfect wife, Hatchepsout hides a deep rage... She doesn't want to just be queen, but to become the pharaoh, like her father!
As a child, she humiliated Sethi in sword combat, and nobody can beat her in shooting arrow. Why can't she achieve the greatest rank, just for being born a woman? Hatchepsout will start a war against the traditions of one of the most splendorous cultures in the world!
The Blue Eye of Horus is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 碧いホルスの瞳 -男装の女王の物語-, Reine d'Égypte, The Blue Eye of Horus
3. Sultan's Love
"Even if no one believes in me, you must, Miss Saye. I am a man who has decided to become the Sultan because you are a woman that belongs to the Sultan."
Saye, who was a young flower who had not been picked in the Sultan's harem, survives the crisis of the 9th Prince, Kainer, who is the son of the previous Sultan, starting a rebellion. Saye, who struggled to even keep herself alive, only wishes to escape the harem and step out into the world. But Kainer, who has become the Sultan, has no intention of letting her go, and shocks her by telling her that she was the only reason he had become the Sultan...
Sultan's Love has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: Sultan's Flower
2. Pharaoh
A pharaoh wakes up in modern day Japan. Hilarity ensues.
Pharaoh has finished publishing and it has 79 Chapters. It is also Known as: Fara Otto, ファラ夫, Pharaoh
1. Manga Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
This manga recreation of Shakespeare's text transfers the action from Ancient Rome to a future Iraq, once again facing dictatorship after its prolonged struggles to establish a democracy.
Manga Shakespeare: Julius Caesar has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: Manga Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
