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In time
Overview
The novel by Ahmed Saadawi (2013), winner of the Arabic Booker: Hadi al-Attak gathers the remains of victims of the Baghdad bombings into one being, which rises and avenges each part on its killers, and does not stop. 1
Legacy
The first Iraqi novel to win the Booker and to be translated into English; it read the violence of the sectarian war in Baghdad through the eye of black fantasy. 1
People and things also explored
Al-Madina Souq, Aleppo· al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)· Arab naming of children after plants· The wise sayings attributed to Ali· Conspiracy theory (nazariyyat al-muamara) and the nation's decline· Poetry attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest
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islam.museum contributors. “Frankenstein in Baghdad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/frankinshtayn-fi-baghdad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.