Said Khatibi

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• أغالب مجرى النهر

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  IPAF 2026 · ★ Winner

  أغالب مجرى النهر

  Ughalib majra al-nahr

  AITitle translated by AI:“I Fight the River's Current”

  Said Khatibi · 41 when first published

  Novel · Historical, Crime

  AIAI-generated summary:An eye surgeon and her husband, who runs a hospital mortuary, take corneas from the dead and sell them through her practice; when he is murdered, her questioning brings the secrets of their marriage to light.

• حطب سراييفو

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  IPAF 2020 · Shortlist

  Sarajevo Firewood

  حطب سراييفو · Hatab Sarajevo

  Said Khatibi · 35 when first published

  Novel · 320 pages · War, Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:Salim from Algeria and Ivana from Bosnia have each fled a civil war at home and try to start again in Slovenia, where the wars they escaped keep following them.