Ya khil Salem

Khadija, a kind of Tunisian Antigone, first defies her brother and the authority he claims over her, and then sets out to face the sea and its perils. When police come at her with batons and handcuffs, she answers with neither blows nor insults but with a Bedouin song. At both stages of her journey, from the depths of the country to the depths of the sea, she meets exceptional people who give her sympathy and support.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

197 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Migration (assigned by AI)

Set in

Tunisia

First published

2016 by Déméter

Author's age

70 when first published

ISBN

9789973706386 (original)