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Iman Yehia

إيمان يحيى

Born 1954 · Egypt

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    Sawiris 2020 · Winner

    الزوجة المكسيكية

    Al-Zawja al-maksikiyya

    Title translated by AI:“The Mexican Wife”

    Iman Yehia · 64 when first published

    Novel · 320 pages · Love, Politics, Historical

    AI-generated summary:In 1953 and 1954 a young Egyptian writer and Ruth, a daughter of the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, fall in love and marry, while Egypt is torn between democracy and dictatorship.