Abdul Rahman Munif (Author of Ten Oosten van de Middellandse Zee)

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Abdul Rahman Munif

Born

in 毓賲丕賳, Jordan

May 29, 1933

Died

January 24, 2004

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Literature & Fiction, Politics, Philosophy

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Abdul Rahman bin Ibrahim al-Munif, also known as Abdelrahman Munif, was a novelist, short story writer, memoirist, journalist, thinker, and cultural critic. He is considered one of the most significant authors in the Arabic language of the 20th century.

His novels include strong political elements as well as mockeries of the Middle Eastern elite classes. He is best-known for Cities of Salt, a quintet of novels about how the discovery of oil transformed a traditional Bedouin culture. Munif's work offended the rulers of Saudi Arabia, which led to the banning of many of his books and the revocation of his Saudi Arabian citizenship. ...more

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	毓丕賱賲亘賱丕禺乇丕卅胤 by 噩亘乇丕廿亘乇丕賴賷賲噩亘乇丕 (Writer), Abdul Rahman Munif (Writer), 毓亘丿丕賱乇丨賲賳賲賳賷賮 (Writer) 3.69 avg rating — 1,856 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Oosten van de Middellandse Zee by Abdul Rahman Munif, Dj没ke Poppinga (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1975	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Variations on Night and Day 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	La m茅moire pour oublier 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rare Antique 1st Edition Variations Night Day Abdelrahman Munif Novel First Print Cities Salt [Hardcover] Abdelrahman Munif 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bayn al-Thaqafa wa Siyasa 亘賷賳丕賱孬賯丕賮丞賵丕賱爻賷丕爻丞 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Friendship (Hatje Cantz Text Book 36) by Marwan Kassab-Bachi, Abdul Rahman Munif 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“廿匕丕乇賮毓鬲丕賱爻賱丕丨賮兀囟乇亘..兀賵賱丕鬲乇賮毓賴兀亘丿丕賸”
― Abdul Rahman Munif, 丕賱鬲賷赖

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“How is it possible for people and places to change so entirely that they lose any connection with what they used to be? Can a man adapt to new things and new places without losing a part of himself?”
― Abdelrahman Munif

tags: colonization, displacement

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“鬲丨胤賲鬲兀賰孬乇丕賱兀丨賱丕賲兀毓乇賮匕賱賰貙賱賲賷亘賯廿賱丕丕賱賯賱賷賱貙賱賰賳賲毓賴丕貙賵乇亘賲丕賯亘賱賴丕貙鬲丨胤賲鬲兀睾賱亘丕賱兀賵賴丕賲貙賰賱賴丕.賱賲兀毓丿賯丕丿乇丕毓賱賶毓亘丕丿丞兀賷氐賳賲貙賵賱賲賷毓丿賷乇卮丿賳賷賵賷賯賵丿賳賷爻賵賶丕賱囟賲賷乇.”
― Abdul Rahman Munif, 毓亘丿丕賱乇丨賲賳賲賳賷賮

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June 2016 New School Classic Poll

1966, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, 407 pages

38 votes, 18.1%

1996, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, 835 pages

35 votes, 16.7%

1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 246 pages

22 votes, 10.5%

1913, Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, 134 pages

19 votes, 9.0%

1955, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, 307 pages

18 votes, 8.6%

1930, As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, 267 pages

17 votes, 8.1%

1982, The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, 448 pages

12 votes, 5.7%

1995, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, 334 pages

11 votes, 5.2%

1940, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, 368 pages

9 votes, 4.3%

1997, American Pastoral by Philip Roth, 424 pages

7 votes, 3.3%

1988, Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, 649 pages

6 votes, 2.9%

1971, Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner, 569 pages

5 votes, 2.4%

1957, The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas, 200 pages

4 votes, 1.9%

1958, Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene, 220 pages

4 votes, 1.9%

1987, Cities of Salt by Abdul Rahman Munif, 627 pages

3 votes, 1.4%

210 total votes

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