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Adania Shibli

عدنية شبلي

Born 1974 · Palestinian Territories

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    National Book Award 2020 · Finalist

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    تفصيل ثانوي · Tafsil thanawi

    Adania Shibli · 43 when first published

    Novel · Historical, War, Politics

    Translated by Elisabeth Jaquette

    AI-generated summary:In August 1949 an Israeli army unit camps in the Negev desert; more than half a century later, a young Palestinian office worker sets out for the Negev to find out what happened at that camp.