The Facade By. Youssef Ezeddin Eassa منشورات الجمل chair of the panel of

chair of the panel of judges for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2016

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الطير اللي يغني وجناحه يرد عليه

Ramli’s novel transforms incidents from the recent past into timeless fables

The Facade By. Youssef Ezeddin Eassa منشورات الجمل chair of the panel ofPaperback: 448 pages Publisher: AuthorHouseUK; First Edition edition (3 Mar. 2014) Language: English ISBN 13: 9781491894101 "He does not recall where he came from nor why he came, but one morning he found himself in this city which he knows nothing about. He stood there looking around, wondering at faades of buildings and stores. Everything is clean. Clean walls, clean pavements; so clean that he could almost see his own image reflected upon the