Mundhir Qabbānī

Mundhir Qabbānī
Born	(1970-10-11) 11 October 1970
Occupation	writer, novelist and Surgeon
Language	Arabic
Nationality	Saudi Arabia
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 (Template:Lang-ar) (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, (Template:Lang-ar, "The Shadow of Government")
• 2008: Awdat Alghaeb, (Template:Lang-ar, "Return of the Absentee")
• 2012: Forsan Wa Kahana, (Template:Lang-ar, "Knights and Priests)
• 2014: Qotoz, (Template:Lang-ar)

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)