Khaled Khalifa: ‘Larger than life’ famed Syrian writer mourned
I met Khaled Khalifa in Damascus in the early 1990s, just as his fame as a screenwriter was taking off, and we immediately became close friends. Khaled Khalifa ... Read more.
Exiled at home
A film by Lina Sinjab Khaled Khalifeh is a renowned, prize-winning Syrian novelist. His work has been translated into several languages. Although his work has o... Read more.
Khaled Khalifeh’s cafe society: Damascus life ‘must go on’
The Firdoss cafe in Damascus was once buzzing with life, but most of its customers have left the city one by one. Among those that remain is a novelist, whose p... Read more.