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The Book of the Emir

Wasini Laredj

2004

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The life of Abd al-Qadir, leader of the resistance to France.

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Among the most widely read contemporary Algerian novelists. The Book of the Emir, on Abd al-Qadir, is a meditation on jihad, interfaith dialogue and dignity that won several Arab prizes.

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