Police novels, Thrillers and Crimes

Ṣāliḥ Mursī (1929 – 1996, Egypt), is one of the pioneers of the Arabic spy novels. Many of his novels,…

Wajdī al-Ahdal (1973-, Yemen) – Arḍ al-Muʾāmirāt al-Saʿīdah (‘Happy land of plots’, 2018). This novel tells the story of a

Rajāʾ ʿĀlim (1970-, Saudi Arabia) – Ṭawq al-Hamām (2010, English trans. The Dove’s Necklace, 2016). An unidentified body of a

Ṣūfī ʿAbdallah’s (1925 – 2003, Egypt) play Thamānī ʿUyūn (‘Eight eyes’, 1975). When a man refuses to revenge through blood

Wajdī al-Ahdal (1973-, Yemen) – Arḍ Bilā Samāʾ (2008, English trans. A Land Without Jasmine, 2012). When the young, beautiful