“C’era una volta, in un paese piccino e lontano adagiato sulla riva orientale del Mediterraneo, un luogo zeppo di pini dritti come donne in lutto” scrive Jabbour Douaihy.

Maya Ghandour wrote in the Lebanese francophone daily, L’Orient le jour, an article on the second session of Najwa Barakat’s workshop ‘Mohtaraf kayfa taktob riwaya’. Young talents from all over the Arab world, if you have a novel or other creative project, end of September 2010 is your deadline.

In his review of June Rain, Pietro Chelli says that when you hear “we are better than them because” … it is usually too late. The uncontrollable violence that identity delirium unleashes is just around the corner. “We are better than them, because…”, such is the story that Jabbour Douaihy tells, an antidote against the world’s stupidity.

Jabbour Douaihy, guest of the Montova literary festival met the public this morning (12.09.2010).

Interview by Monica Ruocco, Published in Il Manifesto

Tutto Libri, the cultural supplement of Turin’s famous daily, La Stampa, reviewed Douaihy’s June Rain