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Barbara Romaine, runner-up for the 2011 Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation

The Independent reviews Spectres by Radwa Ashour

Book Review: The Calligrapher's Secret (2011) by Rafik Schami

Syria: the power of words
A review of Rafik Schami's Damascus Nights


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Celebrating the forthcoming publication of The Calligrapher's Secret

 

Celebrating the forthcoming publication of The Calligrapher's Secret

 

The new novel from the acclaimed Syrian writer Rafik Schami.

Date: 2010-08-03

 

On 15th October Arabia Books will publish The Calligrapher's Secret by the acclaimed Syrian writer Rafik Schami. This booklet includes an introductory essay on the political and social history of the Arabic script by Rafik Schami, as well as an extract from his forthcoming novel. 


Click here to read the booklet online.