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النبيذة
Al-Nabidha
“The Outcast” (title translated by AI)
Inaam Kachachi (إنعام كجه جي, born 1952)
English editions
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Taj al-Muluk, a journalist close to the monarchy's prime minister and regent, leaves Baghdad for Karachi radio, where she loves her Palestinian colleague Mansour until they are parted; he ends up advising Hugo Chávez. In Paris she befriends Widyan, a young violinist deafened after an assault by the president's son, and the two women share the exile of a country that rejected them.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 325 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Iraq, Pakistan, France
- First published
- 2017 by Dar al-Jadid
- Author's age
- 65 when first published
- ISBN
9789953111353 (original)
- More
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