An Omani writer, poet, and filmmaker, Abdullah Habib has published numerous works, including This Land Is Far Too Vast (2024) and Where Night Is More Than the Absence of Sun: Cinematic Readings (2023). He has directed several short narrative films, such as Fingers: A Personal Film (2019), Poet (1989), and Dream (1989), among others. In 2024, he released two cinematic studies—Lawrence of Arabia and The Dead—through Jusoor Al-Thaqafa Publishing and Distribution.