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Jamal Naji

جمال ناجي

Born 1954 · Jordan

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    IPAF 2010 · Shortlist

    عندما تشيخ الذئاب

    'Indama tashikh al-dhi'ab

    Title translated by AI:“When the Wolves Grow Old”

    Jamal Naji · 54 when first published

    Novel · 354 pages · Politics

    AI-generated summary:In Amman, one narrator after another tells how people from the city's poor quarters rose to wealth and power among preachers, charities and politicians, while Azmi al-Wajih, at the centre of it all, never speaks.