In this week’s episode, we witness the beautifully complex relationship between the sun and the Sahara desert as portrayed by celebrated Libyan author Ibrahim al-Koni in Al Majus (AKA The Animists, The Fetishists, or Through the Labyrinth), a book considered by many to be his magnum opus.
The desert is a nature stripped bare, the desert is a nature that vanished and turned into a spirit.
— Ibrahim al-Koni
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References
al-Majus or through the Labyrnith by Ismail Fayed
Interview with the Libyan Writer Ibrahim Al-Koni: The Destructive Nature of Tyranny
Rawafed: Documentary Interview with Ibrahim Kuni
Sound Effects
Whistling Wind - Weather Wind by Craig Smith of USC
