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020			_a9781649031860
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cNVIC
100	1		_aIbrahim al-Koni
245	1	4	_aThe Night Will Have Its Say
246			_aكلمة الليل في حق النهار
264		1	_aNew York; _aCairo: _bHoopoe, an imprint of the American University in Cairo Press, _c2022
300			_a267 p., _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"The year is 693 and a tense exchange, mediated by an interpreter, takes place between Berber warrior queen al-Kahina and an emissary from the Umayyad General Hassan Ibn Numan. Her predecessor had been captured and killed by the Umayyad forces some years earlier, but she will go on to defeat Ibn Numan's forces. The Night Will Have Its Say is a retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa during the Middle Ages, narrated from the perspective of the conquered peoples. Written in Ibrahim al-Koni's unique and enchanting voice, his lyrical and deeply poetic prose speaks to themes that are intensely timely. Through the wars and conflicts of this distant, turbulent era, he addresses the futility of war, the privilege of an elite few at the expense of the many, the destruction of natural habitats and indigenous cultures, and questions about literal and fundamentalist interpretations of religious texts. Al-Koni's masterly account of conquest and resistance is both timeless and timely, infused with a sense of disaster and exile-from the language, the desert, and the homeland."-- _cProvided by publisher.
600			_aLiterature _xNovels _xHistorical fiction _y21st century _zKuwait
651		0	_aNorth Africa _xHistory _y647-1517 _vFiction
700	1		_aNancy Roberts _etranslator
942			_2ddc _cBK
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