Akhdām (meaning ‘servants’) are a socially marginalized minority group of Yemeni society. They are Arabic-speaking Muslims like many other Yemenis but are socially segregated.
- ʿAlī al-Muqrī (1966-, Yemen) – Ṭaʿmaswad, Rāʾiḥah Sawdāʾ (‘Black taste, black odour’, 2008). This novel looks at the Akhdām class in Yemen, a decriminalized and marginalized section of society forced to do low-income jobs. The story of the novel takes place between 1970 and 1982, a period of war between north and south Yemen. Through the love story between Ad-Daghlū and ʿAbd al- Raḥmān, this novel describes the violent and gruesome, but at times also sexually free and loving life in Akhdām slums as well as the way other social classes take advantage of the Akhdām.
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