Turki al-Hamad

Turki al-Hamad was born on 10 March 1952 in al-Karak, in Jordan, into a Saudi family from Qassim, which later settled in Dammam. A doctor of the University of Southern California, he taught political science in Riyadh until 1995, then left the university to devote himself to writing. A journalist and essayist, author of works on Arab culture and politics, he has published several novels, including a trilogy on the youth of Hisham al-Abir, which won him a wide audience in the Arab world despite the bans.

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• NovelAdamaالعدامةTurki al-Hamad · 1997Literature