Publishing · Community
/2026A home for the Arabic novel, written and read chapter by chapter.
A serialized-fiction community for Arab writers and readers: writers publish chapter by chapter, readers follow and comment on the web or in the app.
The challenge
Arabic readers mostly meet fiction through translation, and Arab writers have few places built for publishing a story as it grows. Arabook needed to feel like a home for Arabic writing from the first screen, on a phone or a laptop.
What it does
- Novels published chapter by chapter
- Reading progress kept across web and app
- Follows, comments and a feed of new chapters
- Daily rankings by category
- Editorial console for moderation
Built with: Laravel, Next.js, React, Flutter
Our approach
- 01
Built the reading experience around the chapter: writers publish part by part, readers pick up where they stopped on any device.
- 02
Designed an Arabic-first, right-to-left interface with a reading typeface chosen for long sessions.
- 03
Shipped one API behind a website, iOS and Android apps, and an admin console for moderation and editorial work.
- 04
Added the parts that keep a community moving: follows, a feed of new chapters and writer announcements, comments, and daily rankings by category.
Inside the product
The work, screen by screen.
The outcome
Arabook is built across web, iOS, Android, and an editorial console, and opens to readers soon at arabook.app: writers publish serialized novels, readers follow them and comment, and editors run moderation and rankings from their own console.