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Bachir Mefti

بشير مفتي

Born 1969 · Algeria

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    IPAF 2012 · Shortlist

    دمية النار

    Dumyat al-Nar

    Title translated by AI:“The Doll of Fire”

    Bachir Mefti · 41 when first published

    Novel · 165 pages · Politics

    AI-generated summary:Years after the mysterious Reda Chaouch vanished, a novelist receives the manuscript of his life. The son of a prison director, Chaouch swore never to resemble his father, yet was drawn into a group that operates in the shadows.