Mundhir Qabbānī
| Mundhir Qabbānī | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1970 |
| Occupation | writer, novelist and Surgeon |
| Language | Arabic |
| Nationality |
 Saudi Arabia |
| Ethnicity | Arabic |
| Citizenship |
Saudi Arabia |
| Alma mater |
King Saud University University of Toronto |
| Notable works |
The Shadow of Government Return of the Absentee Knights and Priests Trilogy |
Mundhir Qabbānī (Arabic: منذر القباني) (born 10 November 1970), also known as Mundhir al-Qabbānī and Monther Alkabbani, is a Saudi writer, novelist, and surgeon.
Early life and career
Mundhir Qabbānī was born to a Saudi family from Al Madinah Almenawarah (west of Saudi Arabia). He graduated from medical school in 1994 from King Saud University, and pursued his surgical training in Canada where he finished his General Surgical Residency at the University of Toronto in 2001 and went further to train in Hepatobiliary& Pancreatic Surgery at the University of British Columbia from 2001 till 2003. In 2006 he published his first novel in Arabic The Shadow of Government which became an instant best seller in the Arabic world, and is considered by many to be the first intellectual thriller in Arabic fiction. This success was followed by his second novel, Return of the Absentee, in 2008 which also became a top selling novel. In 2012 he published his third novel, part one of the Knights and Priests trilogy. Part two came out August 2014.
Bibliography (in Arabic)
Novels
- 2006: Hokomat Alzel, (Arabic: حكومة الظل, "The Shadow of Government")
- 2008: Awdat Alghaeb, (Arabic: عودة الغائب, "Return of the Absentee")
- 2012: Forsan Wa Kahana, (Arabic: فرسان وكهنة, "Knights and Priests)
- 2014: Qotoz, (Arabic: قطز)
References
- Al Riyadh: review of "The Shadow of Government" (in Arabic)
- Al Watan: review of "The Shadow of Government" (in Arabic)
- Interview with Al Watan newspaper (in Arabic)
- Al Jazeera: review of "Knights and Priests" (in Arabic)