Samar Yazbek's "Your presence is a danger to your life" is a finalist to the National Book Award
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October 7, 2026

Samar Yazbek's "Your presence is a danger to your life" is a finalist to the National Book Award
Buzz: "Yazbek's 'Your presence is a danger' is not an easy book to read, but it is an essential one"
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July 9, 2026
Buzz: "Yazbek's 'Your presence is a danger' is not an easy book to read, but it is an essential one"

A review for Buzz, May 27, 2026 Adapted from the warning pamphlets dropped over Gaza…

Gaza residents: Your presence is a danger to your life
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Gaza residents: Your presence is a danger to your life

In her latest narrative nonfiction work, Samar Yazbek continues the vital project she began with…

Of loss and lavender
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Of loss and lavender

New York 2003. Sami, an old retired Iraqi doctor recently moved in with his son…

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