1940 – 19501940 – 1945 World War II admin / February 14, 2025 Noureddine Aba (1921 – 1996, Algeria) wrote several French language plays on Nazi Germany (inspired by his presence as a…
1930 – 19401937 – 1967 Aden (Yemen) British Colony admin / February 14, 2025 Muḥammad al-Gharbī ʿAmrān (1958-, Yemen) – Musḥaf Aḥmar (‘Red Quran’, 2010). The Yemeni Sambariyya sends her son, who is studying
1930 – 19401932 End British mandate in Iraq admin / February 14, 2025 Yūsūf al-ʿĀnī’s (1927 – 2016, Iraq / Jordan) play al-Khān (‘The Khan’, 1976) portrays the national events that took place
1930 – 19401930 – 1958 Nūrī al-Saʿīd prime minister of Iraq admin / February 14, 2025 Ghānim Dabbāgh (1923-, Iraq) – Ḍajjah fī al-Zuqāq (‘Din in the alley’, 1975). In this novel the main character Khalīl
1920 Partitioning of the Arab World into mandatesFrench mandate in Greater Lebanon, Syria, and Lebanon (1920 – 1946) admin / February 14, 2025 Ulfat ʿUmar al-Idilbī (1912 – 2007, Syria) – Dimashq Yā Baṣmat al-Ḥuzn (1981, English trans. Sabriya: Damascus Bittersweet, 1995). This
1920 – 19301911 – 1947 Italian rule of Libya admin / February 14, 2025 Alessandro Spina (pen name of Basili Shafik Khouzam, Libya / Syria, 1927 – 2013) published a chronicle in Italian from
1800 - 19201914 – 1918 World War I admin / February 14, 2025 The First World War and its aftermath effected on Arabic countries to such an extent that it changed the themes
Colonial rule of Northern Africa1899 – 1955 British occupation of Sudan admin / February 14, 2025 Jamāl Mahjūb (1966-, Sudan / UK) – In the Hour of Signs (1996). This novel describes the British extermination of
Colonial rule of Northern Africa1882 British Occupation of Egypt admin / February 14, 2025 Raḍwā ʿĀshūr (1946 – 2014, Egypt) – Sirāj (1992, English trans. Siraaj: An Arab Tale, 2007). This novel describes Arab
