- Wajdī al-Ahdal (1973-, Yemen) – Arḍ al-Muʾāmirāt al-Saʿīdah (‘Happy land of plots’, 2018). This novel tells the story of a girl who is raped, and subsequently found guilty of sexual deviance. Its hero, the journalist Muṭahhir, is given the task to preserve the good name of a powerful man related to the authorities who are accused of the deed (reference). The novel is set in al-Hudayda and Sanaʿa before the Arab Spring reached Yemen, and the describes the harsh daily realities in the two cities where the 2011 protests erupted as well as the relationship between journalism and power (reference) (also in P: Police novels, Thrillers and Crimes: Rape and Sexual Abuse).
Refrences:
In order of appearance
- Aḥmad al-Aghbarī. 2018. “‘Arḍ al-Muʾāmirāt al-Saʿīdah’ lil-Yamanī Wajdī al-Ahdal: min Ikhtiṣāb al-Qāṣirān Ilā Ikhtiṣāb al-Waṭan.” www.alquds.co.uk, 9 August 2018, https://www.alquds.co.uk/%EF%BB%BF%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A/ (last accessed 28 October 2023)
- Osama Ali, Fadhilah Gubari, Julia Gurol, and Abdelsalam al-Rubaidi. 2022. “Narratives of (In)Justice in Contemporary Yemeni Novels: Representations of Socio-Political Practices and Normative Constructions.” CARPO Study no. 11, 22 March 2022, p. 6 (retrieved from https://carpo-bonn.org/en/narratives-of-injustice-in-contemporary-yemeni-novels/ (last accessed 6 May 2023)