The Witness and the Witnessed

Published by Dar Al-Ahliya, "The Witness and the Witnessed: Memoir and Intellectual Reviews" (Al-Shahid Al-Mashhud) by acclaimed scholar, poet, and screenwriter Dr. Waleed Saif is a profound intellectual autobiography. Saif reflects on his upbringing, academic journey, and cultural formation against the backdrop of major Arab political and social shifts. The book offers critical self-reflections and deep analysis of modern ideology, literature, and political movements. Furthermore, Saif provides an insider's view into the creative and philosophical foundations behind his masterwork television epics (such as Al-Taghreeba Al-Filistiniyya and the Andalusian Tetralogy), presenting an invaluable dialogue between personal memory and collective history.

It offers an intimate and intellectually rich look into the mind of one of the Arab world's greatest thinkers and dramatists, blending personal storytelling with sharp cultural criticism.

Scholars of modern Arab thought, literature, and media; readers of intellectual memoirs; dramatists and screenwriters; and anyone interested in contemporary Middle Eastern political and cultural history.