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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1988
  • Latest Book:
    August 2026
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Books in Order: 4 titles

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  • Abdelrahman Munif was a towering, transformative figure in Arabic literature. The author of more than 25 books, he was a public intellectual and an icon of principled opposition to authoritarian regimes. Today, he is one of the most-read novellists i...



  • Full of Machiavellian intrigue and searing political satire, Variations on Night and Day, the final volume of Munif's landmark Cities of Salt trilogy, chronicles the creation of a Persian Gulf nation by a corrupt Arab monarch and conniving British em...



  • From one of the most highly regarded writers of Arabic literature, Trench is the second volume in the epic quintet Cities of Salt. Tracing the economic history of the Arabic world, Munif picks up where Vol. I left off, with the effects of the discove...



  • A major new Aventura: one of the greatest contemporary novels in the Arabic language, translated for the first time into English. Reveals and humanizes a society that has for too long been misunderstood, and should therefore command the serious atten...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Abdelrahman Munif has published 4 books.

The next book by Abdelrahman Munif, Outside the Prison Walls, will be published in August 2026.

The first book by Abdelrahman Munif, Cities of Salt, was published in June 1988.

No. Abdelrahman Munif does not write books in series.