After the wife of Saudi writer and novelist Turki Al-Hamad denied the rumors circulating on social media about her husband's death last Tuesday evening, he personally broke his silence. The writer announced through his official account on the platform X that the circulating news is untrue, thanking everyone who reached out to check on him and emphasizing that he felt the love and concern for his health from his supporters.
He wrote in his tweet: "My dear ones, the news and social media posts circulating are incorrect, and I would like to reassure everyone that I am well and in good health, thank God. I have received your beautiful and expressive feelings, and I am grateful for everyone's concern" — Turki Al-Hamad T. Hamad (@TurkiHAlhamad1) November 14, 2023.
He also thanked everyone for their kind sentiments. This came after a lot of misleading information and news spread on social media about the death of the famous writer Turki Al-Hamad, prompting his wife to urge everyone to verify information before sharing false news.
**Who is he?**
Turki Al-Hamad is a political analyst, journalist, and novelist. He is known for his trilogy "The Shadows of Abandoned Streets," which was first published in 1998. He was born in Jordan in 1953 to a family of merchants originally from Buraydah, Qassim Province in Saudi Arabia. His family moved when he was a child to Dammam in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom. Later, Al-Hamad moved to the United States, where he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1985, then returned to Riyadh to teach political science at King Saud University. In 1995, he retired to devote himself to writing. He began as a writer for Al-Riyadh newspaper and then moved in 1990 to the "Al-Sharq Al-Awsat" newspaper.
