Saïd Khatibi was born in 1984 in Bou Saâda, Algeria. He writes in Arabic and French and translates between both.  Sarajevo Firewood, his third novel, was shortlisted for the 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. His other novels are The Book of Errors which was published in 2013, and Forty Years Waiting for Isabelle which won the 2017 Katara Award for Arabic Novel. The End of the Sahara won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award Young Author category in 2023. He currently lives in Slovenia.

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Saïd Khatibi was born in 1984 in Bou Saâda, Algeria. He writes in Arabic and French and translates between both.  Sarajevo Firewood, his third novel, was shortlisted for the 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. His other novels are The Book of Errors which was published in 2013, and Forty Years Waiting for Isabelle which won the 2017 Katara Award for Arabic Novel. The End of the Sahara won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award Young Author category in 2023. He currently lives in Slovenia.

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Saïd Khatibi was born in 1984 in Bou Saâda, Algeria. He writes in Arabic and French and translates between both.  Sarajevo Firewood, his third novel, was shortlisted for the 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. His other novels are The Book of Errors which was published in 2013, and Forty Years Waiting for Isabelle which won the 2017 Katara Award for Arabic Novel. The End of the Sahara won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award Young Author category in 2023. He currently lives in Slovenia.

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