The Twins or Al-Tawa’aman is a novel by Abd Al Quddus Al Ansari. It was published in Damascus in 1350 AH (1930 CE) and was the first novel in the modern Saudi literature. It was stated in the novel’s cover that it is the “First Novel in the Hijaz” because it was published during the dual monarchy period of the Hijaz and Najd. The Twins is considered to have initiated the art of fiction in Saudi Arabia.