"Hatab Sarajevo", a novel written by Said Khatibi in Arabic, was translated by Paul Starkey and became "Sarajevo Firewood".

In this novel، Saïd Khatibi reveals the horror of a conflict between brothers from the same land، through the story of Salim (Algerian) and Ivana (Bosnia) who both fled their countries due to intense political, ethnic and religious conflicts.v The English version is published by Banipal Books.