1967 al-NaksahJordan admin / February 16, 2025 Muʾnis al-Razzāz (1951 – 2002, Jordan) – Aḥyāʾ fī al-Baḥr al-Mayyit (‘The living in a dead sea’, 1982). This novel…
1967 al-NaksahEgypt admin / February 16, 2025 Alfrīd Faraj’s (1929 – 2005, Egypt) play al-Zīr Sālim (‘Prince Salim’, 1967) is based on the saga of the lengthy,
1967 al-Naksah1967 al-Naksah admin / February 16, 2025 The 1967 war brought all of historic Palestine under Israeli control and deepened collective disillusionment. It led to a new
1960 – 19701963 Iraq Coup – Fall of ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim’s regime in Iraq admin / February 16, 2025 Ghāʾib Ṭuʿmah Farmān (1927 – 1995, Iraq) – Ẓilāl ʿalā al-Nāfidhah (‘Shadows on the windows’, 1979). This novel looks at
1960 – 19701963 Baʿth Party Syria admin / February 16, 2025 The rule of the Baʿth party in Syria was accompanied by the rise of a police state with great repressive
1960 – 19701963 – 1976 Dhofar Rebellion in Oman admin / February 16, 2025 Bushrā Khalfān (1969-, Oman) – Al-Bāgh (‘The aggressor’, 2016). Tells the story of a brother and a sister, Rashīd and
1960 – 19701962 Yemen revolution and 1962 – 1970 North Yemen Civil War admin / February 16, 2025 Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Walī (1939 – 1973, Ethiopia / Yemen) – Ṣanʿāʾ Madīnah Maftūḥah (‘Sanaʿa: an open city’, 1977). This novel
1960 – 19701962 Algeria independence admin / February 16, 2025 See 1954 – 1962 French Algerian War and Algerian Independence
1960 – 19701960 Mauritania independent admin / February 16, 2025 Walad ʿAbd al-Qādir (1941-, Mauritania) – al-Asmāʾ al-Mutaghayyirah (‘The changing names’, 1981). This novel is set during and right after
