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IPAF 2012 · Shortlist
العاطل
al-'Atil
Title translated by AI:“The Unemployed”
Nasser Iraq · 50 when first published
Novel · 335 pages · Migration
AI-generated summary:An educated young Egyptian from a modest family finds no work in Cairo and leaves for Dubai, where a world of new people and nationalities opens up to him, along with the kindness and meanness of friends and relatives.