The Salt Cities Quintet: Revised Edition

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Cities of Salt is an Arabic novel by the Saudi novelist Abdul Rahman Munif. It is one of the most famous Arabic novels and consists of five parts.

The novel depicts life at the beginning of the discovery of oil and the rapid transformations that occurred in the cities and villages of the Arabian Peninsula as a result of the discovery of oil.
This represents a qualitative leap in historical narrative and personal chronicle of an era that many in the younger generation find incomplete, its image obscured by a rosy, yet equally incomplete, portrayal of the period after or the present. "Cities of Salt" is an important document that speaks of and chronicles the winds of civilization that swept through Bedouin life, undoubtedly impacting it. The author meticulously observed Bedouin life and expressed the inner turmoil of many Bedouins, their sudden wealth, and the resulting consequences.