Yahya Amqassim

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Yahya Amqassim (born 1971) is a Saudi Arabian writer.^[1] A graduate of King Saud University, he is currently a foreign diplomat and has served in the Saudi embassies in Paris and Beirut.^[2] He has written two books: Stories from Saudi Arabia (2004) and Saq al-Ghurab (The Crow Leg, 2008). In 2009-10, he was chosen by the Beirut39 project as one of the best young writers from the Arab world. His work has appeared in English translation in the Beirut39 anthology, edited by Samuel Shimon.

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Algeria	Abderrazak Boukebba

Egypt	Ahmad Yamani Hamdy el Gazzar Mansoura Ez Eldin Mohammad Salah al Azab Nagat Ali Youssef Rakha

France	Faïza Guène

Iraq	Ahmad Saadawi Bassim al Ansar

Jordan	Hussein Jelaad Islam Samhan

Lebanon	Hala Kawtharani Hyam Yared Joumana Haddad Nazem El Sayed Rabee Jaber Samer Abou Hawwash Zaki Baydoun

Libya	Najwa Binshatwan

Morocco	Abdelaziz Errachidi Abdellah Taïa Abderrahim Elkhassar Yassin Adnan

Netherlands	Abdelkader Benali

Oman	Hussein al Abri

Palestine	Adania Shibli Ala Hlehel Najwan Darwish

Saudi Arabia	Abdullah Thabit Mohammad Hassan Alwan Yahya Amqassim

Sudan	Mansour El Souwaim

Syria	Dima Wannous Rosa Yassin Hassan Samar Yezbek

Tunisia	Kamel Riahi

USA	Randa Jarrar

Yemen	Wajdi al-Ahdal

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Name	Amqassim, Yahya
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Short description	Saudi Arabian writer
Date of birth	1971
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