In 2018, Riyadh native Omaima Al-Khamis won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in for her work of historical fiction, “The Book Smuggler,” an extraordinary tale set in the 11th century CE, in the Golden Age of Islam. The book, newly translated into English by Sarah Enany, follows Mazid Al-Najdi Al-Hanafi, a scribe and bookseller from the village of Hijr Al-Yamama on the Arabian peninsula, who embarks on a journey ...