Hussein al-Wad

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• سعادته... السيد الوزير

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  IPAF 2013 · Shortlist

  سعادته... السيد الوزير

  Sa'adatuhu... al-Sayyid al-Wazir

  AITitle translated by AI:“His Excellency the Minister”

  Hussein al-Wad · 63 when first published

  Novel · 264 pages · Satire, Politics

  AIAI-generated summary:A Tunisian schoolteacher unexpectedly becomes a government minister, and from his new office sees the corruption spreading through the country and its institutions.

• روائح المدينة

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  Comar d'Or 2011 · ★ Winner

  روائح المدينة

  Rawa'ih al-madina

  AITitle translated by AI:“Scents of the City”

  Hussein al-Wad · 62 when first published

  Novel · 361 pages

  AIAI-generated summary:A narrator wanders through a Tunisian city by its smells, from jasmine and spices to rubbish heaps, and follows how they change over the decades along with the city itself.