Moussa Ould Ebnou

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Moussa Ould Ebnou (born 1956) is one of Mauritania’s greatest novelists. He has published two novels in French: L’amour impossible (1990) and Le Barzakh (1994), which were later published in Arabic as: الحب المستحيل ("al-Hubb al-Mustahil") (1999), and مدينة الرياح (Madinat al-Riyah) (1996).[1] Ebnou has also published two other works in Arabic: حج الفجار (Hujj al-Fijar) (2003), and الامثال والحكم الشعبية الموريتانية al-Imthal w'al-Hakm ash-Sha'biya al-Muritaniya .[2][3]

Le Barzakh was published in English as Barzakh: The Land In-Between in 2022.[4]

Moussa Ould Ebnou was born in Boutilimit.[2]

Notes and External Links[edit]

  1. ^ Qader, Nasrin (2002). "Fictional Testimonies or Testimonial Fictions: Moussa Ould Ebnou's Barzakh". Research in African Literatures. 33 (3): 14–31. doi:10.1353/ral.2002.0088. Project MUSE 29730.
  2. ^ a b Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa, 2007, entry on Moussa Ould Ebnou
  3. ^ "Hadhrat al-kitab al-katib - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oHYmNl7O2w"
  4. ^ "Barzakh: The Land In-Between". www.iskanchi.com. Retrieved 2024-04-30.