\"Strange Arab Writers\". The book deals with the effects of living in exile and at home, as in the poetry of Adonis, the thought of Hisham Sharabi and Edward Said, the novels of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Abdul-Rahman Munif and Tayeb Salih, the theater of Saad, the paintings of Marwan Kassab Bashi. The experiences are related to belonging, class, state control, etc. From / Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi