Azher Jirjees

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• وادي الفراشات

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  Wadi al-farashat

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Valley of Butterflies”

  Azher Jirjees · 51 when first published

  Novel · 215 pages · Satire

  AIAI-generated summary:In Baghdad a sacked government archivist ends up driving a hearse to a graveyard for abandoned children and outcasts, where the dead are said to turn into glowing butterflies.

• حجر السعادة

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  Hajar al-Saada

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Stone of Happiness”

  Azher Jirjees · 49 when first published

  Novel · Coming of age

  AIAI-generated summary:After his younger brother drowns in the Tigris at Mosul, the boy Kamal Touma flees his father's fury, picks up a small stone in a dreaded orchard and rides a lorry south to Baghdad.