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Walid Alaa El-Din

وليد علاء الدين

Born 1973 · Egypt

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    Sawiris 2020 · Shortlist

    كيميا

    Kimiya

    Walid Alaa El-Din · 46 when first published

    Novel · 233 pages · Historical, Love

    AI-generated summary:Kimiya, a girl raised in the house of the Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Rumi, is given in marriage to his master Shams al-Din Tabrizi, forty-eight years her senior, and soon falls ill.