1952 Revolution in EgyptAfter the revolution admin / February 14, 2025 See 1954 Nasser comes to power in Egypt
1952 Revolution in EgyptBefore and after the revolution admin / February 14, 2025 ʿAmr Kamāl Ḥammūdah (?, Egypt) – Fiyūlīt wa al-Bikbāshī (‘Violet and the lieutenant colonel’, 2010). This novel depicts corruption and
1952 Revolution in EgyptBefore the revolution admin / February 14, 2025 ʿAlī Aḥmad Bākthīr’s (1910 – 1969, Egypt) play Mismār Juḥā (‘Juha’s nail’, 1951), using the traditional character of Juḥā, this
1950 – 19601951 – 1953 Muḥammad Moṣaddeq prime minister of Iran admin / February 14, 2025 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Munīf (1933 – 2004, Jordan / Saudi Arabia) – Sibāq al-Masāfāt al-Ṭawīla: Riḥla ilā al-Sharq (‘The Marathon: a
1940 – 19501949 First coup in Syria admin / February 14, 2025 In this period, the new government of Ḥusni al-Zāʿīm tightened state control of cultural institutions, thus censoring the activities of
1948 al-NakbahMigration of Arab Jews to Israel admin / February 14, 2025 ʿAlī Badr (?, Iraq) – Ḥāris al-Tabagh (2008, English trans. The Tobacco Keeper, 2011). After the US-led invasion of Iraq,
1948 al-Nakbah1948 al-Nakbah admin / February 14, 2025 Translated as ‘catastrophe’, this date refers to the creation of the Jewish state of Israel in Palestinian country and the
1940 – 19501946 Independence Syria admin / February 14, 2025 Ḥaydar Ḥaydar (1936 – 2023, Syria) – al-Fahd (‘The leopard’, 1968). This novel is set in the mountain villages of
1940 – 1950Zaidi Imams Northern Yemen admin / February 14, 2025 Zayd Muṭīʿa Dammāj (1943 – 2000, Yemen) – Al-Rahīnah (1984, English trans. The Hostage, 1994). This novel is set in
