Blogs in April 2020

A Hand Full of Stars 18th April 2020

A teenager who wants to be a journalist in a suppressed society describes to his diary his daily life in his hometown of Damascus, Syria

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The Dark Side of Love 18th April 2020

A dead man hangs from the portal of St Pauls Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officerand he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the mans mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case...

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Just Like a River 18th April 2020

Thought by many Syrians to be the most influential novel of its time, this first novel of Muhammad Kamil al-Khatib is a riveting examination of Syrian political and social life during the 1980s. With a multi-voiced narration carried, like...

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Footprints in Obscurity 18th April 2020

A boy who was longing to discover the imaginary world that conquered his mind when his father was narrating free-time stories reaches the final destination after three decades, breaking frontiers, overcoming diverse hurdles, and thus making the journey an...

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The Book of Echoes 17th April 2020

A sweeping, uplifting and inspirational story of how a boy from Brixton and a girl from Lagos reinvent their lives in modern-day London. 1981: England looks forward to a new decade. But on the streets of Brixton, it’s hard...

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