“Crudely realistic, Ave Maris nevertheless plays with tenderness, irony and poetry. Common sense, illusion and laughter are opposed to the barbary of dogmatisms. Against violence and corrupt powers, shine the daily kindnesses, and magical encounters allowing life to take its course.”

Sinan Antoon is another original voice of this new Iraqi narrative

In the quietness of a corpse washer’s workshop, Antoon explores the multiple faces of violence in Iraq.

Antoon tackles the difficult topic of sectarianism in Iraq.