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Turki Al-Hamad

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Turki al-Hamad is a Saudi Arabian political analyst, journalist, and novelist, best known for his trilogy about the coming-of-age of Hisham al-Abir, a Saudi Arabian teenager, the first installment of which, Adama, was published in 1998. Although banned in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Kuwait, the Arabic edition of the trilogy — called in Arabic Atyaf al-Aziqah al-Mahjurah (Phantoms of the Deserted Alley) — has sold 20,000 copies.

The novels explore the issues of sexuality, underground political movements, scientific truth, rationalism, and religious freedom against the backdrop of the late 1960s and early 1970s, a volatile period in Saudi Arabia, sandwiched between the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 oil crisis. Hamad is quoted on the cover of on ...more

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	العدامة 3.63 avg rating — 1,350 ratings — published 2000 — 10 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
	الشميسي (أطياف الأزقة المهجورة، #2) by Turki Al-Hamad, تركي الحمد 3.67 avg rating — 1,151 ratings — published 2001 — 8 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
	الكراديب (أطياف الأزقة المهجورة، #3) by Turki Al-Hamad, تركي الحمد 3.71 avg rating — 992 ratings — published 1998 — 3 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
	جروح الذاكرة by Turki Al-Hamad, تركي الحمد 3.61 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	ويبقى التاريخ مفتوحا : أبرز عشرين شخصية سياسية في القرن العشرين by Turki Al-Hamad, تركي الحمد 3.42 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	شرق الوادي by Turki Al-Hamad, تركي الحمد 3.67 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 2003 — 4 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
	ريح الجنة by Turki Al-Hamad, تركي الحمد 2.96 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2005 — 5 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
	السياسة بين الحلال والحرام by Turki Al-Hamad, تركي الحمد 3.64 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	من هنا يبدأ التغيير by Turki Al-Hamad, تركي الحمد 3.55 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	الثقافة العربية في عصر العولمة by Turki Al-Hamad, تركي الحمد 3.53 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2003 — 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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أطياف الأزقة المهجورة (3 books)
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“عندما يموت الأب، تحس أن شيئا من ذاتك قد مات، وأن حائطا كنت تستند إليه قد انهار، ولكنك لاتشعر بوجود هذا الجدار حتى ينهار ، فتتمنى لو عاد الزمان الذهبي الجميل، ولكن هل يعود مامضى!”
― Turki Al-Hamad

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“لابد للجمال من قبح، ولابد للخير من شر”
― Turki Al-Hamad

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