Siba al-Harz (Others)

Poetry Abdo Khal, Abdullah bin Bakheet for Street of Affections and Umaima Al Khamis for The Leafy Tree, Abdullah Thabit, Abdulrahman Munif, and Zaynab Hanafi (Features), Ghazi al-Gosaibi, Leila Al-Johani, Mohammad Hassan Alwan, Rajaa Al-Sanea, Rajaa Alem, Samar al-Muqrin (Immoral Women), Siba al-Harz (Others), Turki Al-Hamad, Wafaa' Abdel Rahman (Love in the Capital), Yahya Amqassim, Yousef Al-Mohaimeed

A Primer on Saudi Lit, Abdulrahman Munif to Present

September 19, 2010

In the most recent Qantara, journalist Fakhri Saleh gives the landscape of Saudi literature, arguing that its recent blossoming can be attributed to 9/11. In any case, names you should know:

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