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IPAF 2022 · Shortlist
أسير البرتغاليين
Asir al-Burtughaliyyin
Title translated by AI:“The Prisoner of the Portuguese”
Mohsine Loukili · 43 when first published
Novel · Historical
AI-generated summary:A poor man from Fez leaves home to look for work and ends up a prisoner in a Portuguese fort on the African coast, where he must tell his jailer a story that pleases him or be executed.