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Abdelkader Belhadj Nasr

عبد القادر بلحاج نصر

Born 1946 · Tunisia

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Books on prize lists

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    Comar d'Or 2009 · Winner

    حي باب سويقة

    Hayy Bab Suwayqa

    Title translated by AI:“The Bab Souika Quarter”

    Abdelkader Belhadj Nasr · 62 when first published

    Novel · 505 pages · Politics, Crime

    AI-generated summary:In the Bab Souika quarter of Tunis, late in Bourguiba's rule, an honest journalist is pushed aside as a crooked colleague climbs, while wealthy schemers plot to change the face of the neighbourhood with a tunnel.

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    Comar d'Or 2000 · Winner

    قنديل باب المدينة

    Qindil Bab al-Madina

    Title translated by AI:“The Lamp of the City Gate”

    Abdelkader Belhadj Nasr · 53 when first published

    Novel · 260 pages · Politics

    AI-generated summary:In the old medina of Tunis, the tenants of a building on Nahj al-Murr, among them Souad, Safia, Othman and the troubled Ammar, live out the years after independence, between old customs and the wish to be free.