Amira Charfeddine | |
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Native name | أميرة شرف الدين |
Notable works | Wild Fadhīla (ولد فضيلة) |
Notable awards | Ali Douagi Prize for Tunisian Arabic Literature |
Amira Charfeddine (Arabic: أميرة شرف الدين, romanized: ʾAmīrah Sharf al-Dīn) is a Tunisian novelist. Her first novel, Wild Fadhīla (Fadhila's son), was written in Tunisian Arabic and is the first major Tunisian novel to feature a gay protagonist.[1] The novel was commercially successful,[2] selling 2,000 copies within a month of its release in April 2019.[1] It was awarded the Ali Douagi prize from the Derja Association for best work written in Tunisian Arabic in 2019.[3]