Ismail Fahd Ismail

Books on prize lists

• السبيليات

  In English

  SaveThe Old Woman and the River to read later

  IPAF 2017 · Shortlist

  The Old Woman and the River

  السبيليات · Al-Sabiliyat

  Ismail Fahd Ismail · 76 when first published

  Novel · 176 pages · War, Nature

  AIAI-generated summary:During the Iran–Iraq War the rivers feeding the palm groves along the Shatt al-Arab are dammed with earth, yet one green strip survives at al-Sabiliyat, kept alive by an old woman.