Excavations .. Mountain hole

Electronic book Author: Khalid Al-Namazi The first Saudi literary narrative talking about the troubled period during the Ottoman control over parts of the Arabian Peninsula, and the serious attempts by some local leaders to break free from Ottoman dependence; which ultimately led to the emergence of names that played a crucial role in this field. Here, in the novel "The Excavations," named after the most important battle in the history of the Arab-Ottoman conflict in the Arabian Peninsula, which opened the door wide for the Ottoman Empire to exit the southern lands, and then from the rest of the Arabian Peninsula, after this victory contributed to breaking the image of the Ottoman Empire as an indestructible empire. The signs of the Ottoman withdrawal, social and living transformations in the southern region, and the beginnings of opening courts, schools, and vital facilities... These are the themes of the novel. Although the novel relies on an important historical dimension and its narration depends on well-known historical figures, it also attempts to deconstruct that era using imagination in the narrative construction.