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Mohamed Samir Nada

محمد سمير ندا

Born 1978 · Egypt

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    IPAF 2025 · Winner

    صلاة القلق

    Salat al-qalaq

    Title translated by AI:“The Prayer of Anxiety”

    Mohamed Samir Nada · 46 when first published

    Novel · War, Politics

    AI-generated summary:In 1977 a mysterious object blows up over a forgotten village in Upper Egypt whose people believe a minefield cuts them off from the world, and a strange sickness follows.