ABOUT ABDULHADI
The word is where it begins
A Saudi writer, journalist, and producer whose work connects journalism, conversation, and cinema.
A curiosity for questions. A love of stories.
His journalism journey began at Al Yamamah in the late 1980s, expanding through cultural and intellectual conversations and into writing and producing the Saudi film A Woman’s Life.
In his Al Watan telephone interview column, he spoke with figures from culture, thought, and politics. Witnesses of an Era brings together a collection of those encounters.
Read his career interviewMOMENTS ALONG THE WAY
From the page to the screen
LATE 1980s
The early days at Al Yamamah
The first steps in Saudi journalism.
2011
Witnesses of an Era
Conversations with voices from Arab cultural and intellectual life.
2022
A Woman’s Life
Writing and producing a feature film directed by Samir Aref.