1980 – 19901988 Popular uprisings in Algeria admin / March 3, 2025 These riots are also known as the ‘Berber Spring’. Djaffar Chetouane (1968-, Algeria) – Donkey Heart, Monkey Mind (2011)….
1980 – 19901987 – 1993 First Intifada admin / March 3, 2025 Yusrī al-Ghūl (1980-, Palestine) – Gazzah 87 (‘Gaza 87’, 2017). Highlights the hardships of life in Gaza, specifically in the
1980 – 19901987 Ben Ali President of Tunisia admin / March 3, 2025 See also 2011 Arab Uprisings: Tunisia al-Ḥabīb al-Sālimī (1951-, Tunisia) – Nisāʾ al-Busātīn (‘Women of the Bustan’, 2010). Tawfīq, a
1980 – 19901982 Hama Massacre admin / March 3, 2025 Fawwāz Ḥaddād (1947-, Syria) – al-Sūriyyūn al-Aʿdāʾ (‘The enemy Syrians’, 2014). The opening scene of this novel, an army officer
1980 – 19901981 Mubarak President of Egypt admin / March 3, 2025 See also 2011 Arab Uprisings: Egypt Yūsuf Rakhā (1976-, Egypt) – Kitāb al-Ṭughrā: Gharāʾib al-Tārīkh fī Madīnat al-Mirrīkh (2011,
1980 – 19901981 Failed coup attempt Bahrain admin / March 3, 2025 Ḥussayn al-Maḥrūs (?, Bahrain) – Ḥawwām (‘Doves’, 2008). This novel, which is set in the 1980s, centres the world of
1980 – 1988 Iran – Iraq WarNovels on Desertion admin / March 3, 2025 ʿAlī Badr (?, Iraq) – Asātidhat al-Wahm (‘The Professors of Illusion’, 2011). This novel portrays three poets who are torn
1980 – 1988 Iran – Iraq War1980 – 1988 Iran – Iraq War admin / March 3, 2025 Dayzī al-Amīr’s (1935 – 2018, Iraq) collection of shortstories ʿAlā Lāʾiḥat al-Intiẓār (‘On the waiting list’, 1988) reflects on the
