Najwa Barakat's "May vanishes": "showcases Barakat's storytelling mastery, making the novel a rich and complex literary experience" - Al Modon
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May 29, 2025

Najwa Barakat's "May vanishes": "showcases Barakat's storytelling mastery, making the novel a rich and complex literary experience" - Al Modon
May vanishes
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May vanishes

An old lady in a traditional Beirut apartment spends her days in quiet solitude. The…

“Of Loss and Lavender” by Sinan Antoon: Fragmented Memories of Iraqi Chaos"
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“Of Loss and Lavender” by Sinan Antoon: Fragmented Memories of Iraqi Chaos"

A review for Le Monde, by Richard Jacquemond (April 6, 2025) One seeks to forget,…

A sleepless giraffe in Damascus
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A sleepless giraffe in Damascus

The narrator has been living in the zoo of Damascus for a while, occupying a…

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AL REZ Khalil

Biography Khalil Alrez is Syrian novelist born in 1956 currently living in Belgium. After a degree in Arabic literature from…

AL TAHAWI Miral

Biography Miral Al-Tahawi is an award-winning Egyptian writer whose novels and short stories have been internationally recognized alongside her prodigious…

ALSAIF Manar

Biography Manar Alsaif is a geologist and science communicator. She was born in 1986 and grew up between the UK…

AMQASSIM Yahya

Biography Yahya Amqassim was born in 1972, in the Al-Husseini valley, in the southern province of Saudi Arabia, Jazan. Law…

ANNOUR Tahir

1990 born Tahir Annour was trained as a lawyer. A journalist and novelist from Chad, he was the editor of…

ANTOON Sinan

Biography Sinan Antoon (Baghdad, 1967) is a poet, novelist, and translator. He left Iraq in 1991 after the Gulf War.…

AWNY Ahmad

Biography Ahmed Awny was born in Cairo, in 1988. He studied Mechanical Engineering and Creative Writing at The American University…

BARAKAT Najwa

Biography Najwa Barakat was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1961. After receiving a degree in theatre at the Fine Arts…

DOUAIHY Jabbour

Biography Jabbour al-Douaihy (1949-2021) was born in Zgharta, a town of north Lebanon. He achieved his doctoral studies in literature in…

EL MOATAZ BELLAH Taher

Biography Taher El Moataz Bellah (born 1990) is an Egyptian author and entrepreneur, founder of Heartbeat Productions. Trained as an…

EZ ELDINE Mansoura

Biography Mansoura is born in the Delta in Egypt in 1976. A graduate in journalism from the University of Cairo,…

FADEL Youssef

Biography Youssef Fadel, author, screenwriter and producer, was born in 1949 in Morocco. After having worked in shipping for five…

HILALI Husam

Biography Husam Hilali is a multidisciplinary writer, published author, and TV professional from Sudan. He was born and raised in…

JRAISSATI KHOURY Najla

Biography Najla Jraissaty Khoury  was born in Beirut in 1949. Her work is marked by her interest education, children literature…

KHALIFA Khaled

Biography Khaled Khalifa (1964-2023) was born in a village close to Aleppo, Syria. He was the fifth child of a…

KHALIFA Mostafa

Biography Mostafa Khalifa was born in 1948 in Syria. He starts a degree of law in 1973. Pursued by the…

KHOURY Elias

Biography Elias Khoury is a 1948 born Lebanese novelist. Currently editor of The Journal of Palestine studies (quarterly) at the Beirut…

THABIT Abdullah

Biography Abdullah Thabit is born in 1973, in Assir, in the South of Saudi Arabia. He achieved studies in Arabic…

WANNOUS Dima

Biography Dima Wannous is a Damascus born novelist (1982). Soon after the Syrian revolution began, Dima was faced with death…

WANNOUS Saadallah

Biography Saadallah Wannous (1941-1996)got his B.A in journalism at the University of Cairo, before pursuing studies in dramatic arts in…

YAZBEK Samar

Biography Samar Yazbek is a Syrian writer and journalist. She was born in Jableh, Syria, near Latakia, in 1970, and…