Hello and welcome to the official website of Bahraini national best-selling author Ali Al Saeed. Find out more about his books and what he's been lately up to and come back for regular updates.
His latest work, Sad Man Dancing, was released in February 2009 and is now available in your local bookstores.
Ali Al Saeed is the author of three national best-selling, critically-acclaimed books and the recepient of the Bahraini Outstanding Book of the Year Award. Spending his early years as a journalist, Ali moved into the spotlight with the launch of his debut novel in 2004.
He has been contributing in several magazines and newspapers for over ten years (including the popular weekly cultural column in the GDN between 2005-2009) and his fiction could be found in numerous print and online publications, journals and anthologies.
In 2006, Ali founded Elham, an arts collective aimed at showcasing local talents and developing the local art scene.
We all have a purpose in life. We just have to live first to find it.
QuixotiQ
The award-winning debut novel, publsihed in 2004
Moments
The critically-acclaimed collection of short stories, published in 2006
Sad Man Dancing
A collection of poems, songs and verse, published in 2009
To keep you up to date with the latest: news, events and new projects.
"QuixotiQ Writings" blog is back!
After a long hiatus, the blog is now back with regular updates, posts and even the odd poem or story published.
For more information and interview and event inquiries, contact me here...
Telephone: +973-36960396
Email: elhambahrain_yahoo.com
Email: ali.alsaeed_yahoo.com
MOMENTS
"Moments is a real page-turner. From the frankly graphic to the deeplu sentimental, ali has collected a veritable encycloprdia of stories" - Time Out Bahrain
"There is such a refreshing flavor of originality in these stories. They engaged the reader from the very first sentence right up to the last. Ali is a master of his craft." - Peter Tomlinson, author of Times of Kadrick
"Ali writes from inside out, forcing the reader under the skin of his charachters to powerful effect." Shay Younglood, author of Soul Kiss.
SAD MAN DANCING
"Al Saeed's words dance across the page fluidly. Drenched in lust, misery, angst and hearache. Casts a light on Al Saeed's extraoridnary honesty." - Time Out Bahrain
"It has a raw appeal. It reads like a transcript of thoughts - insular, internal, and perhaps indulgent. Emotional, but detached. Passionate, but embittered. Loveing, but obsessive." - FACT Bahrain.
"Full of powerful imagery, potent language and emotional ups and downs, each poem promises to speak to you on a level you could never quite reach, or maybe never admitted to." - Bahrain & Beyond.
QUIXOTIQ
"Not only is QuixotiQ a huge achievment as a novel, it is a landmark in Bahraini literature." - Neil Marr, co-author of Bullycide
“Al Saeed is not at all afraid to challenge genre boundaries, jumping from mystery to supernatural to family saga and then back to mainstream. What it makes for in the end is a refreshingly original story.” — Cavan Terril, author of Blurred Line.
“If I were to use one word to describe it, it would be ‘captivating’. I found myself drawn to the book… I couldn’t put it down. The interconnectivity and development of the characters was the strongest factor that made it such a page-turner.” — Beatrix Beczi, journalist.
