Mundhir Qabbānī

Monther Alkabbani
Born	(1970-10-11) 11 October 1970
Occupation	writer, novelist and Surgeon
Language	Arabic
Nationality	Saudi Arabia
Alma mater	King Saud University University of Toronto
Notable works	The Shadow Government Return of the Absentee Warriors and Warlocks Trilogy

Monther Alkabbani (Arabic: منذر القباني) (born 10 November 1970), also known as Monzer al-Qabbani, 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 established him as one of the top selling novelist in the arab world, and started the genre of intellectual thriller in arabic literature. This was followed by his second novel, Return of the Absentee, in 2008. In 2012 he published his third novel, part one of the Warriors and Warlocks trilogy. Part two came out August 2014. Followed by part three "Qareen" in 2016.

Bibliography (in Arabic)

Novels

• 2006: Hokomat Alzel, (Arabic: حكومة الظل, "The Shadow Government")
• 2008: Awdat Alghaeb, (Arabic: عودة الغائب, "Return of the Absentee")
• 2012: Forsan Wa Kahana, (Arabic: فرسان وكهنة, "Knights and Priests", translated into English by Timothy Gregory as Warriors and Warlocks Chapter One: Outcast in 2019)
• 2014: Qotoz, (Arabic: قطز)
• 2016: Qareen, (Arabic: قرين)
• 2018: zawja waheda la takfe... Zawj waheid Katheer, (Arabic: !زوجة واحدة لا تكفي... زوج واحد كثير، "One Wife is not Enough... One Husband Is too Many!")
• 2019: Saed Alsaherat, (Arabic: صائد الساحرات, "The Witch Hunter")

References

• Al Riyadh: review of "The Shadow of Government" (in Arabic): review of "The Shadow Government" (in Arabic)
• Interview with Intralingo in English
• Al Watan: review of "The Shadow of Government" (in Arabic): review of "The Shadow Government" (in Arabic)
• Interview with Al Watan newspaper (in Arabic)
• Al Jazeera: review of "Knights and Priests" (in Arabic): review of "Warriors and Warlocks Chapter One: Outcast" (in Arabic)