"The novel portrays life at the beginning of the oil discovery and the rapid transformations that occurred in the cities and villages of the Arabian Peninsula due to the discovery of oil. It represents a qualitative leap in historical narrative and personal history for an era that many of the new generation find a incomplete picture, lost in describing the post-oil stage or the present in a rosy but also incomplete manner. 'Cities of Salt' is an important document that speaks and records the winds of civilization that have undoubtedly influenced Bedouin life. The author accurately depicts Bedouin life and expresses what stirs in the souls of many Bedouins and the transformation of their condition into sudden wealth and the resulting consequences."