Question

In a memoir from this country, the author recounts his childhood loneliness because his blindness kept him at home while his brother went out with friends. In a novel from this country, a psychiatrist listens to the story of a woman on death row who killed her pimp. (15[1])This country is the setting of the memoir The Days. In a novel set in this country, a law student is gunned down at a protest. In this country, one character sees his (-5[1])(*) father playing the tambourine, despite the ban on music in the house. The novel Woman at Point Zero is set in this country, as is a novel in which Amina is hit by a car, breaking her collarbone, after she leaves the house and disobeys her husband al-Sayyid Ahmad. For 10 points, name this country which serves as the setting of Palace Walk, the first novel (10[1])is Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy. ■END■

ANSWER: Egypt (The unnamed authors are Taha Hussein and Nawal El Saadawi.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangCornell EarthCornell Wind4715
Braden BoothMissouriWUSTL80-5
Neal JoshiWUSTLMissouri14610

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2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y1100%100%0%47.00
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y1100%0%100%146.00