Cities of Salt (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Abdelrahman Munif
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: Between the two world wars
- Setting: Saudi Arabia
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Politics, 1940’s, Doctors, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Kings, queens, or royalty, Middle East, Technology, Oil wells or oil-well drilling, Arabs, Bedouins
- Locales: Saudi Arabia
Characters Discussed
Miteb al-Hathal, a Bedouin tribesman with a special passion for the Wadi al-Uyoun desert oasis, where he and his family live. the appearance of Americans, who were invited by the Arabian government to explore and drill for oil, changes Miteb’s previously stoic and optimistic attitude toward life. With characteristic boldness and candor, he warns people about impending disaster and even stands up to the regional emir, but no one heeds him. When the Americans level the orchards and gardens to force people to leave what will henceforth be an oil-drilling...
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