In addition to her work on film and television, El Behairy has also written several novels, including "3ala Shate' El Nil" (On the Banks of the Nile), "Om Kalsoum: Hayat Fanana" (Om Kalsoum: The Life of an Artist), and "El Zawaga El Akhira" (The Last Wedding). She has also published several collections of short stories, including "Hekayati Ana Wa El Cinema" (My Story with Cinema), "El Hob Fi Zaman El Internet" (Love in the Age of the Internet), and "Awrak Min Yomya El Shukhboot" (Pages from a Scrapbook).