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- PoetryThe Mu'allaqatالمعلقاتAnonymous · 550Before Islam, the poets of the tribes composed their verses and passed them on from memory.LiteraturePublic domain
- NovelالتوأمانAbd al-Quddus al-Ansari · 1930not translated into EnglishTwo brothers, two schools: a novelistic plea for national education against foreign schools.Literature
- NovelفكرةAhmad al-Sibai · 1948not translated into EnglishA shepherdess with bold ideas and a man from Mecca, near Taif: a novel of ideas against rigid customs.Literature
- PoetryهمساتTaher Zamakhshari · 1952not translated into EnglishThe second collection by the poet of Mecca, in which homeland, the Hijra and pilgrims intersect.Literature
- Theatreغرام ولادةHussein Siraj · 1952not translated into EnglishThe love affair of an Umayyad princess and a poet of Andalusia, brought to the stage in verse.Literature
- Novelثمن التضحيةHamid Damanhuri · 1959not translated into EnglishA student from Mecca in Cairo, torn between the cousin he is to marry and an educated Egyptian woman.Literature
- Novelثقب في رداء الليلIbrahim al-Nasser al-Humaidan · 1961not translated into EnglishThe youth of a Najdi who emigrated with his family, caught between a forbidden love and the agitation against the British.Literature
- NovelالوسميةAbdulaziz Mishri · 1982not translated into EnglishThirteen village scenes from southern Saudi Arabia in the middle of the last century, set to the rhythm of waiting for the rains.Literature
- NovelCities of Saltمدن الملحAbdul Rahman Munif · 1984The oil discovered beneath the sand overturns, within a single generation, the lives of the Bedouin of the peninsula.Literature
- NovelAdamaالعدامةTurki al-Hamad · 1997A schoolboy from Dammam, fed on forbidden books, joins a clandestine Baathist cell in the time of Nasser.Literature
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