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Sarmada reviewed by New York Journal of Books
'Sarmada is both a timely novel—it takes place in Syria—and a timeless tale...'

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


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'The Zafarani Files' in the running for 2010 Three Percent translation prize

'The Zafarani Files' in the running for 2010 Three Percent translation prize

Gamal al-Ghitani's 'The Zafarani Files' has been nominated for the translation prize run by the international literature website Three Percent. T...

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Love Streams

Love Streams
The Dark Side of Love reviewed in the National, Abu Dhabi

A Syrian bride from the village of Buqata, in the Israeli-annexed Golan heights, prepares to cross the border into Quneitra and meet her groom fo...

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Free thinkers bloom in the desert

Free thinkers bloom in the desert
Arabia Books and Gamal Al Gitani in The Independent

Boyd Tonkin: Free thinkers bloom in the desert

The Independent

The Week In Books
Friday, 3 April 2009


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Darkness and light

Darkness and light
Robin Yassin-Kassab wonders if The Dark Side of Love is the first Great Syrian Novel

Published in The Guardian, Saturday 16 May 2009
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