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Every winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2008–2025)

1 Azazeel – Youssef Ziedan
2 The Arch and the Butterfly – Mohammed Achaari
3 The Bamboo Stalk – Saud Alsanousi

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The best Moroccan films of all time

1 The Blue Caftan (2022)
2 Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000)
3 Casanegra (2008)

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The opening lines of the ten Mu'allaqat, the great pre-Islamic Arabic odes

1 Are these mute traces of a camp Umm Awfa's, / at Hawmanat al-Darraj and al-Mutathallam?
2 Stop, let us weep for the memory of a beloved and a dwelling / at the edge of the sand dunes between al-Dakhul and Hawmal.
3 Khawla has traces of a camp on the stony ground of Thahmad / that shine like the remains of a tattoo on the back of a hand.

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Nizar Qabbani's most famous lines (with the poem)

1 When he dances with me he whispers / words that are not like other words.
2 If a day goes by and I forget / to say to you: may your morning be sugar…
3 My friends, I mourn to you the old language / and the old books.

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