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I´m glad to see this stub expanded! Just 2 notes: Is book no. 3 in the triology translated to English? I don´t think so? I cannot find any reference to an English ed. And should it be in the bibliography if it is (yet) only available in Arabic? I belive he has published about 14 books in Arabic.

-also: the date, 1998, must be wrong? "Adama" came first in Arabic in 1998, I belive "Karadib" (<-that is what my english version of "Adama" calls the third book in the series) was first published in Arabic in 2002. I suggest that this book is moved out of the Bibliography (perhaps renaming it: "Bibliography, in English" -or something like that.)

PS: I just changed the date: now it was contradicting the text "After the first, in 1999, Crown Prince Abdullah, who succeeded to the throne in August 2005, offered him bodyguards for his protection. The next three were issued by the country's religious clerics after the publication of the third in the trilogy, Karadib". But I´m not 100% sure that 2002 is correct! Huldra 02:01, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

I got confused about the dates too. I think only the first two are translated. I took the 1998 date for Karadib from Amazon. But you're right: it seems to make no sense in terms of the chronology. I may try to find an e-mail address for Saqi books and ask them for the correct dates, and for the names of his other books. I have no objection if you want to move Karadib into a separate section, or remove it entirely.
Regarding his birth place, I took out the reference to his "native Saudi Arabia" because I recall reading somewhere that he was born in Jordan, though now I can't find a reference for that, but I'll keep on looking. SlimVirgin 06:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
I also meant to say thanks for creating the article. He's an interesting writer. SlimVirgin 07:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)