found: Wikipedia, 07-29-2015:(Mansour Bushnaf [in rom.]; (Arabic: منصور بوشناف); born 1954 is a Libyan writer. He began his literary career as a playwright and essayist; Bushnaf's essays have appeared in the Al-Hayat, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Al-Arab and Al-Wasat; Bushnaf wrote several plays, which were performed in Libyan theatres; his first novel, The Night Mirage.. Chewing Gum (Arabic: سراب الليل.. العلكة), was published in Arabic in early 2008, by an independent publisher in Cairo but it was soon banned by Libyan authorities from being distributed inside the country; the novel was published in June 2014 by independent publisher DARF Publishers in London with a translation by Mona Zaki; The English translation of his novel, Chewing Gum (novel), was published in 2014; he currently lives and writes in Tripoli)