Disrupting the Desert Scene: The Impact of Oil Discovery in Abdelrahman Munif's Cities of Salt

explores the struggle of Arabs in an unnamed Gulf emirate following the discovery of oil.The picture of Arabs living a harsh life in an oil-producing country may strike some people.Therefore, this paper attempts to establish a new perception by examining the novel and shows the far-reaching impact of oil discovery on the physical and human scene.Furthermore, this paper discusses the American-Arabs encounter displayed in Cities of Salt, which is an important one because it is a cultural confrontation rather than a political one.Because the novel is a quintet-almost 2500 pages spanning over seven decades, this paper looks at excerpts from the first volume that fit more appropriately this paper argument.