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It is 1911 and Sandro Compartini has just graduated from the Journalism Institute in Milan. He boards a steamer as a soldier in the 84th Corps, sent from Italy to war in Libya. While stationed in a trench in the desert, he falls in love with a milk seller from Tripoli, but she and her younger brother are arrested and sent to the Italian penal colonies after the bloody attack on al-Manshiyya Quarter in which their mother is killed. The novel is based on the documents of Italian and English journalists, revealing the dark, unspoken side of the war, which amounts to crimes against humanity. Girls, pregnant women, mothers, and children, brought to these prisons from various regions of Libya, died without charges or trial. Longlisted for the 2023 IPAF.
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-10%| Title | Box of sand |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | Novels, Historical fiction |
| Author | Aisha Ibrahim |
| ISBN | 9791280738349 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Native Title | صندوق الرمل : رواية |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Pages | 199 |
| Native Author Name | عائشة إبراهيم |
| Size | 22 cm |
