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The great hate story
In Praise of Hatred – English cover Love is a subject that has animated great poetry, novels and memoirs for…
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Beirut Three: Social Life
Robin Yassin-Kassab and Khaled Khalifa At this year’s Karachi Lit Fest, Hanif Qureishi asserted that the purpose of such festivals…
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Prominent Syrian writer beaten during Damascus funeral procession
BEIRUT, LEBANON – JULY 6, 2012: Syrian novelist, screenwriter and poet Khaled Khalifa poses during a portrait session while attending…
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Famed Syrian novelist writes for opposition
Khaled Khalifa Some Syrian writers used to like Bashar al-Assad. Choosing their words carefully, they might say they tolerated him.…
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Letter From Syria
Dear friends, writers, and journalists across the world, especially those in China and Russia, I am writing to inform you…
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Life on the edge for Syrian artists
The Firdoss cafe in Damascus in 2008 (Photo by Martin Asser) In the second of his articles from the Syrian…
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A Bloody Era of Syria’s History Informs a Writer’s Banned Novel
PEOPLE still talk about what happened here in the 1980s as “the Events,” as if they were too awful to…
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Syrian author clashes with censors, urges liberty
BEIRUT, LEBANON – JULY 6, 2012: Syrian novelist, screenwriter and poet Khaled Khalifa poses during a portrait session while attending…
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