Cities of Salt (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Abdelrahman Munif
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1930's
- Setting: Wadi al-Uyoun and Harran, parts of an imaginary Arabian kingdom
- Principal Characters: Miteb Al-Hathal, Ibn Rashed, Dabbasi, Emir Khaled Al-Mishari, Akoub, Raji, Subhi Al-Mahmilji
- 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
Cities of Salt has been banned in several Middle Eastern countries (including Saudi Arabia) since its first publication in Beirut in 1984, and it is easy to understand why. Abdelrahman Munif, a Jordanian living in Paris, has written a novel which dates modern Persian Gulf history from the coming of American oil explorers in the 1930's and the consequent exploitation of this oil-rich desert region. Those characters in the novel who fight the Americans die or are driven out; those who help them become rich and powerful themselves. In the culture clash that follows the arrival of...
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