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Sufficiency Ceiling (Novel)
Sufficiency Ceiling () is an Arabic novel by the Saudi novelist Muhammad Hassan Alwan, which was published in its first edition by Dar Al-Farabi, Beirut, in 2002, and the second in 2004, before moving to Dar Al-Saqi, from which the third to sixth editions were issued. The novel sparked a local controversy when it was published due to the young age of the novelist, the sensitivity of the novel's content, and its difference at the level of language. Many senior Saudi writers and critics criticized it, such as: Dr. Ghazi Al-Qusaibi, Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghadami, Dr. Mujeeb Al-Zahrani, critic Muhammad Al-Abbas, and others. The story of the novel The novel deals with an intimate love story in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, between Nasser and Maha, and the tragic effects after the end of this love, and then Nasser's travel to Vancouver, Canada, and his meeting with the Iraqi immigrant Diyar, who is trying to rid him of the emotional impurities of this painful love. After Nasser m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Hasan Alwan
Mohammed Hasan Alwan (born 27 August 1979) is a Saudi Arabian novelist. He was born in Riyadh and studied Computer Information Systems at King Saud University, obtaining a bachelor's degree in 2002. He also obtained an MBA from the University of Portland, Oregon in 2008 and Ph.D from Carleton University, Ottawa in 2016. Alwan has published five novels to date: ''Saqf Elkefaya'' (2002), ''Sophia'' (2004), ''Touq Altahara'' (2007), "Al-Qundus" (2011), and "Mouton Sageer" (2016). His work has appeared in translation in '' Banipal'' magazine ("Blonde Grass" and "Statistics", translated by Ali Azeriah); in '' The Guardian'' ("Oil Field", translated by Peter Clark); and in '' Words Without Borders'' ("Mukhtar", translated by William M. Hutchins). His work was published in the Beirut39 anthology (''Beirut39: New Writing from the Arab World'', edited by Samuel Shimon) and in the IPAF Nadwa anthology (''Emerging Arab Voices'', edited by Peter Clark). Awards and honors In 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi
Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi ( ar, غازي بن عبدالرحمن القصيبي; 3 March 1940 – 15 August 2010) was a Saudi politician, diplomat, technocrat, poet, and novelist. He was an intellectual and a member of the Al Gosaibi family that is one of the oldest and richest trading families of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Al Gosaibi was considered among Saudi Arabia's topmost technocrats since the mid-1970s. ''The Majalla'' called him the "Godfather of Renovation" while Saudi journalist Othman Al Omeir argued that he was "the only great man in Saudi Arabia." Early life and education Al Gossaibi was born on 3 March 1940 to one of the richest families of the Kingdom in Hofuf located in Al Ahsa province. The family was of Najdi origin. His mother was from the Kateb family of Mecca who died when he was aged nine months, and he was raised by his grandmother. He received primary and secondary education in Bahrain which was a British protectorate during that time. He attended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Al-Abbas
Mohammed Al-Abbas (; born 19 December 1992) is a Saudi Arabian handball player for Mudhar The Mudar ( ar, مُضَر) are one of the most powerful northern Arab tribal groupings. History The Mudar and Rabi'a are recorded in central Arabia in the Arabic histories of the pre-Islamic period; the kings of the Kindah bore the title o ... and the Saudi Arabian national team. References 1992 births Living people Saudi Arabian male handball players Handball players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Saudi Arabia 21st-century Saudi Arabian sportsmen Handball players at the 2022 Asian Games {{SaudiArabia-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Jazirah (newspaper)
Al Jazirah (Arabic: الجزيرة; ''The Island'') is a daily Arabic newspaper published in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Its sister newspaper is ''Al Masaiya'', which is the only afternoon newspaper in the country with limited influence and readership. The paper is published in broadsheet format with 48 pages, both colour and black and white contents. It has more than thirty national and international branches. History and profile ''Al Jazirah'' was established in 1960 by Al Jazirah Corporation. The chairman of the newspaper is Mutlaq bin Abdullah. Othman Al Omeir who owns the liberal Arabic e-newspaper ''Elaph'' was a member of the paper's board of directors. Furthermore, he was a sport correspondent in the early 1970s and later, London correspondent of the paper. In 1977, Abdel Rahman Al Rashid was appointed editor-in-chief of the daily, who also served as a correspondent and as its Washington bureau chief from 1981 to 1985. As of 2013 the editor-in-chief of the newspaper was Khali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umaima Al-Khamis
Umaima Abdullah al-Khamis ( Arabic:أميمة الخميس) (born 1966) is a Saudi Arabian writer and novelist. She was born in Riyadh and studied Arabic literature at King Saud University. She works in the Saudi civil service The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders .... Al-Khamis has published a number of books, including short story collections, children's books and novels. Her two novels to date are: ''Sailors'' and ''The Leafy Tree''. The latter was longlisted for the 2010 Arabic Booker Prize. Works * Sailors * The Leafy Tree * The Book Smuggler 2021 References 1966 births People from Riyadh Saudi Arabian novelists King Saud University alumni Living people Saudi Arabian women novelists 21st-century Saudi Arabian writers 21st-century Saudi Arabian wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic-language Novels
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is the language of literature, official documents, and formal written m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
