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Yusuf al-Qa'id

يوسف القعيد

Born 1944 · Egypt

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    Sawiris 2007 · Winner

    قسمة الغرماء

    Qismat al-ghurama'

    Title translated by AI:“The Creditors' Share”

    Yusuf al-Qa'id · 60 when first published

    Novel · 271 pages · Family, Migration, Politics

    AI-generated summary:Forced to leave Egypt, the Copt Abboud Girgis leaves his wife and only son behind and sends them too little money through an old friend, an actress who has split from her husband, an army officer.