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This study investigates the narrative aesthetics that define modern Arabic fiction, focusing on how innovative storytelling techniques have shaped literary expression from the early twentieth century to the contemporary period. It examines the evolution of narrative structure, voice, temporality, and point of view as Arab novelists engaged with social, political, and cultural transformations. Through close textual analysis of selected works by writers such as Naguib Mahfouz, Tayeb Salih, Ghassan Kanafani, and Hanan al-Shaykh, the research highlights how narrative experimentation--fragmentation, interior monologue, met fiction, and nonlinear time--became a vehicle for articulating identity, memory, exile, and resistance. The study also explores the influence of global literary movements and local cultural traditions on shaping these narrative forms. By integrating narratology, stylistics, and postcolonial perspectives, the research offers a comprehensive critical understanding of how modern Arabic fiction constructs meaning aesthetically and thematically. Ultimately, the study demonstrates that narrative aesthetics function not merely as artistic technique but as a dynamic space where writers negotiate modernity, challenge conventions, and expand the expressive possibilities of the Arabic novel.