In the words of Suwaileh, “Sonallah Ibrahim’s refusal to accept state prizes became as much a part of his public identity as his novels. He remained, to the end, ‘spotless as the white of a shroud’ — a metaphor as much for moral integrity as for finality .” Related The Egyptian novel in the sixties Ogres and orientalism
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