Nour Salim

Funny, warm romcoms with Arab leads and too much food.

Two books out this November: a Christmas market feud in Vienna, and a jinn in a coffee grinder.

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Knafeh? Nein!

A Vienna Christmas Market Romcom · 13 November 2026

Rival stalls. One shared wall. Five weeks until Christmas. A Syrian pastry chef and a Punsch-stand heiress fake a feud for the cameras at Vienna's Karlsplatz market, and it turns out to be great for business. A closed-door holiday novella.

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Cover of The Jinn in My Coffee Grinder by Nour Salim

The Jinn in My Coffee Grinder

My boyfriend is a jinn · 17 November 2026

Her algorithm matched forty thousand couples. Her grandmother's coffee grinder had other plans. A matchmaking engineer, a 300-year-old jinn bound to her family, and a deadline: get her happily settled by the end of July, or he's never free.

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About Nour

Nour Salim writes funny, warm romances with Arab heroes and heroines, too much food, and families who have opinions about everything.

Nour lives in Vienna, which explains how a Syrian pastry chef ended up selling knafeh at a Christmas market.