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Ibrahim al-Koni


Born
Ghadames, Libya

Ibrahim al-Koni (Arabic: إبراهيم الكوني) is a Libyan writer and one of the most prolific Arabic novelists.
Born in 1948 in Fezzan Region, Ibrahim al-Koni was brought up on the tradition of the Tuareg, popularly known as "the veiled men" or "the blue men." Mythological elements, spiritual quest and existential questions mingle in the writings of al-Koni who has been hailed as magical realist, Sufi fabulist and poetic novelist.
He spent his childhood in the desert and learned to read and write Arabic when he was twelve. Al-Koni studied comparative literature at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow and then worked as a journalist in Moscow and Warsaw.
By 2007, al-Koni had published more than 80 books and received numerous awards. All w ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 9,549 ratings · 2,234 reviews · 92 distinct works • Similar authors
التبر
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3.87 avg rating — 2,190 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
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نزيف الحجر
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3.91 avg rating — 1,613 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions
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المجوس، الجزء الأول
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3.86 avg rating — 479 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions
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البئر (الخسوف, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
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الورم
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من أنت أيها الملاك؟
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الواحة (الخسوف, #2)
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3.72 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1991
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نداء ما كان بعيدًا
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4.12 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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نداء الوقواق (الخسوف, #4)
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المجوس، الجزء الثاني
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Series by Ibrahim al-Koni

البئر الواحة أخبار الطوفان الثاني نداء الوقواق
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المجوس - الجزء الأول المجوس
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3.97 avg rating — 752 ratings

نداء ما كان بعيدًا في مكان نسكنه: في زمان يسكننا يعقوب وأبناؤه قابيل.. أين أخوك هابيل؟ يوسف بلا إخوته جنوب غرب طروادة ..جنوب شرق ...
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الفزاعة The Puppet الشرخ
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3.55 avg rating — 107 ratings

الشرخ البلبال سأسر بأمري لخلاني الفضول برق الخلب
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“إن المكان المناسب الوحيد للإنسان النزيه في عالمنا هو السجن”
― Ibrahim al-Koni
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“Have you understood now that prophesying is not entertainment but hope?”
― Ibrahim al-Koni, The Seven Veils of Seth: A Modern Arabic Novel from Libya
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“I don’t love those who love me. I love those whom I love. Do you know why?” He did not wait for a response but continued as if to himself: “Whoever loves me places fetters around my neck. Anyone I love gets shackles around his neck.” “Amazing! I’ve always thought we fell captive to those we love, not to those who love us.” “That’s the logic of the masses. That’s the language of weaklings, who don’t know why they love the ones they love. They have no strength or ability to stop loving those they loved when they realize the truth about them.”
― Ibrahim al-Koni, The Seven Veils of Seth: A Modern Arabic Novel from Libya
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