Abstract
Mahmud al-Mas‘adi (1911–2004) was a writer, anti-colonial militant and politician from Tunisia. He is known in the Arab world for a particular style of writing and an attempt at linking modern Arabic fiction to its past heritage through language and narrative style. He initiated one of the earliest efforts to engage Sufism in Arabic fiction. Most of his creative writings were drafted in the late 1930s and early 1940s. His books include al-Sudd (The Dam), a play published in 1955 and translated into French, and the two long narratives, Haddatha Abu Hurayra qal… (Abu Hurayra Told Us…), which was partially serialized in 1944 and published in full in 1974 and translated into Spanish, and Mawlid al-Nisyan (The Genesis of Oblivion), serialized in 1945 and published in full in 1974, and subsequently translated into French and Dutch. In addition, he has written critical studies on rhythm in Arabic literature in French and in Arabic as well as numerous articles and lectures.
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