Youssef Ziedan

Books on prize lists

• فردقان – اعتقال الشيخ الرئيس

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  IPAF 2020 · Shortlist

  فردقان – اعتقال الشيخ الرئيس

  Fardaqan: Itiqal al-Shaykh al-Rais

  AITitle translated by AI:“Fardaqan: The Detention of the Great Sheikh”

  Youssef Ziedan · 60 when first published

  Novel · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:The life of Avicenna, the polymath called the Great Sheikh, from his birth close to Bukhara to his death in Persia; after two terms as vizier he is locked away in the isolated castle of Fardaqan.

• عزازيل

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  IPAF 2009 · ★ Winner

  Azazeel

  عزازيل · Azazil

  Youssef Ziedan · 50 when first published

  Novel · 312 pages · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:In the fifth century, Hypa, an Egyptian monk, leaves Upper Egypt for Alexandria to study medicine and theology and, urged on by Azazeel, the devil within him, writes down his wanderings and his doubts.