Abdullah Thabit (Arabic: عبد الله ثابت, born 1973) is a Saudi Arabian poet, novelist and journalist.
He studied Arabic literature at King Khaled University, and works as a journalist at the Saudi daily Al-Watan.
The book recalls his teenage years as a religious extremist and was inspired in part by Ahmad Alnami, one of the 9/11 hijackers and a fellow resident of Abha who was vaguely familiar to Thabit.
In April 2006, three months after the release of the book, Thabit was forced to move from Abha to Jeddah with his family after receiving death threats.
[3] His work has appeared in English translation in the Beirut39 anthology, edited by Samuel Shimon.