Since 2011 Rakha has completed two other novels in a proposed trilogy on the January Revolution, "The Crocodiles" (Arabic: التماسيح) and "Paulo" (Arabic: باولو). The latter was longlisted for the Arabic Booker in 2017 (the IPAF longlist for 2017) and won the 2017 Sawiris Cultural Award for Best Novel in January 2018.