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Ahmed Abodehman

Ahmed Abodehman (Arabic: أحمد أبودهمان) is a Saudi Arabian poet and journalist. He currently lives in Paris, France, as the correspondent for the newspaper Al Riyadh.

In the year 2000 he published the semi-autobiographical La Ceinture (The Belt), written originally in French (so that his French-born daughter could read it) and translated since into several more languages.


“أنا الذي كنت أعتقد أن أبي مصنوعٌ من حجر .. أكتشف الآن حقيقة أنه من لحمٍ وعظم ، جسدٌ عادي منهك .. جسدٌ من شمس وبرد ومطر وتراب!”
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