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Numidia (Arabic: نوميديا) is a novel by Moroccan novelist Tareq Bakari.[1] The novel was first published in 2015 by Dar Al-Adab for Publishing and Distribution in Beirut. It is a medium-sized novel, comprising three chapters, and was included in the final “short” list for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction for the year 2016, known as the «Arabic Booker Prize».[2]
| Author | Tareq Bakari |
|---|---|
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | History, Literary criticism, Political criticism, Cultural criticism |
| Publisher | Dar Al-Adab Publishing and Distribution |
Publication date | 2015 |
| Pages | 422 |
| ISBN | 978-9953-89-481-2 |
Characters
edit- Mourad the ibex, or Ouedad: an abandoned child found by a man in the village of Ighrem, Amhand, who found him in the street and named him Ouedad and took care of raising him with his children, so he became his adoptive father. Ouedad means ibex, and he later became Mourad, an educated, leftist young man and university professor, who wrote about the behavior of extremist Islamic groups and criticized them, so they began to persecute him and threaten to kill him.[3]
- The French Julia: She hides that she is a professional novelist, and asks about everything in the village of Ighrem.
- Khawla: Murad's first and real lover who committed suicide out of fear of the scandal of being pregnant outside of marriage.
- The Doctor: He is his psychiatrist who is considered a traitor to him because he sells his patients' files for money.
- Nidal: His lover and colleague in study and struggle.
- Numidia: Murad's last lover, a mute Amazigh woman whom he fell in love with to make him forget his bitter reality and to take revenge on fate.
Subject
edit- Religious extremism: The theme of religious extremism is present in the novel through the narrator’s evocation of the grassroots student struggle and the conflict with Islamists on campus or in its vicinity, or through the terrorist event of May 16 in Casablanca that claimed the life of Murad colleague Mustafa’s.[4]
- Violence and corruption: Violence is manifested in the fact that the villagers practiced violence on Murad in his childhood by insulting and beating him because he was a “foundling”, and betrayal is manifested in the doctor who used to sell his patients’ files. “The violent reality pushes the characters towards violence, corruption and extremism that disintegrates societies.”[5]
References
edit- ^ "Translation by Tariq Bakari" ، the official website of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction[dead link] Archived 2016-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (arabic)
- ^ “The 2016 Booker Prize Shortlist”, the official website of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction[dead link] Archived 2016-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (arabic)
- ^ "The novel "Numidia" by Tariq Bakari... when the intellectual collides with an abusive companion!". 2017-07-03. Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
(Arabic)
- ^ ""Aisha Al-Taj - A Reading of the Novel Numidia by Tariq Bakari"". Al-Hewar Al-Mutamadin. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ ""Numidia" by Tariq Bakari: The Identity Crisis and the Violence of Memory". Al Jazeera Net. 2023-12-03. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
