- International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2014 · Shortlist
الفيل الأزرق
al-Fil al-Azraq
“The Blue Elephant” (title translated by AI)
Ahmed Mourad (أحمد مراد, born 1978)
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After five years of self-imposed isolation, the psychiatrist Yehia returns to Cairo's Abbasiya mental hospital, where, in the ward that decides the fate of accused criminals, he finds an old friend whose future now lies in his hands.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Crime (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Egypt
- First published
- 2012 by Dar al-Shorouk
- Author's age
- 34 when first published
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