Cities of salt

Cities of salt

Abderrahman, Munif

$128,000

Banned in Saudia Arabia, this is a blistering look at Arab and American hypocrisy following the discovery of oil in a poor oasis community.

 


Abdul Rahman Munif  Son of a Saudi father and an Iraqi mother, he was born in 1933 in Amman (Jordan); He studied Law, Economic Sciences and Petroleum Economics, in Baghdad, Cairo and Belgrade. He developed a wide literary activity in narrative and political analysis; engaged in the fight for freedoms and human rights in Arab countries, he lost his Saudi passport, was imprisoned in Iraq, was exiled in France for five years, resided in Damascus. He passed away in 2004.

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