Moussa Ould Ebnou Explained

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

1. Qader . Nasrin . Fictional Testimonies or Testimonial Fictions: Moussa Ould Ebnou's Barzakh . Research in African Literatures . 2002 . 33 . 3 . 14–31 . 10.1353/ral.2002.0088 . .
2. 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. Web site: Barzakh: The Land In-Between . 2024-04-30 . www.iskanchi.com.

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