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"Strawberry-spotted handkerchief" by Khalil Al-Rez: "Masterfully structured plot" - Al modon
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March 1, 2026

"Strawberry-spotted handkerchief" by Khalil Al-Rez: "Masterfully structured plot" - Al modon

Strawberry-Spotted Handkerchief
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Strawberry-Spotted Handkerchief

In a drab Moscow apartment block, a scrap of paper and three strawberries signal the…

Tahir Annour's "A symphony of the south": "beautifully poetic narrative language" and a "storytelling  layered with surprise and wonder"
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November 8, 2025
Tahir Annour's "A symphony of the south": "beautifully poetic narrative language" and a "storytelling layered with surprise and wonder"

An interview with Saddam Al-Zaidi on January 26th, 2023 for Diffah Al-Araby In his novels…

"Strawberry-spotted handkerchief": "Unprecedented" writing,  a "novel whose hallmark is singularity and transcendence"
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March 1, 2026
"Strawberry-spotted handkerchief": "Unprecedented" writing, a "novel whose hallmark is singularity and transcendence"

A review by Mohammad Shweihna for Qannaass, July 10th, 2023 Writing about Khalil Al-Rez’s novel…

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AL REZ Khalil
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Biography Khalil Alrez is Syrian novelist born in 1956 currently living in Belgium. After a degree in Arabic literature from…

AL TAHAWI Miral
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Biography Miral Al-Tahawi is an award-winning Egyptian writer whose novels and short stories have been internationally recognized alongside her prodigious…

ALSAIF Manar
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Biography Manar Alsaif is a geologist and science communicator. She was born in 1986 and grew up between the UK…

AMQASSIM Yahya
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Biography Yahya Amqassim was born in 1972, in the Al-Husseini valley, in the southern province of Saudi Arabia, Jazan. Law…

ANTOON Sinan
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Biography Sinan Antoon (Baghdad, 1967) is a poet, novelist, and translator. He left Iraq in 1991 after the Gulf War.…

AWNY Ahmad
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Biography Ahmed Awny was born in Cairo, in 1988. He studied Mechanical Engineering and Creative Writing at The American University…

BARAKAT Najwa
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Biography Najwa Barakat was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1961. After receiving a degree in theatre at the Fine Arts…

DOUAIHY Jabbour
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Biography Jabbour al-Douaihy (1949-2021) was born in Zgharta, a town of north Lebanon. He achieved his doctoral studies in literature in…

EL MOATAZ BELLAH Taher
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Biography Taher El Moataz Bellah (born 1990) is an Egyptian author and entrepreneur, founder of Heartbeat Productions. Trained as an…

EZ ELDINE Mansoura
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Biography Mansoura is born in the Delta in Egypt in 1976. A graduate in journalism from the University of Cairo,…

FADEL Youssef
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Biography Youssef Fadel, author, screenwriter and producer, was born in 1949 in Morocco. After having worked in shipping for five…

HILALI Husam
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Biography Husam Hilali is a multidisciplinary writer, published author, and TV professional from Sudan. He was born and raised in…

JRAISSATI KHOURY Najla
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Biography Najla Jraissaty Khoury  was born in Beirut in 1949. Her work is marked by her interest education, children literature…

KHALIFA Khaled
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Biography Khaled Khalifa (1964-2023) was born in a village close to Aleppo, Syria. He was the fifth child of a…

KHALIFA Mostafa
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Biography Mostafa Khalifa was born in 1948 in Syria. He starts a degree of law in 1973. Pursued by the…

KHOURY Elias
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Biography Elias Khoury is a 1948 born Lebanese novelist. Currently editor of The Journal of Palestine studies (quarterly) at the Beirut…

Tahir ANNOUR
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A journalist and novelist from Chad, Tahir Annour was trained as a lawyer. He was the editor of N’djaména Aldjadida…

THABIT Abdullah
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Biography Abdullah Thabit is born in 1973, in Assir, in the South of Saudi Arabia. He achieved studies in Arabic…

WANNOUS Dima
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Biography Dima Wannous is a Damascus born novelist (1982). Soon after the Syrian revolution began, Dima was faced with death…

WANNOUS Saadallah
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Biography Saadallah Wannous (1941-1996)got his B.A in journalism at the University of Cairo, before pursuing studies in dramatic arts in…

YAZBEK Samar
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Biography Samar Yazbek is a Syrian writer and journalist. She was born in Jableh, Syria, near Latakia, in 1970, and…

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IBRAHIM Mayada
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Mayada Ibrahim is a literary translator and editor based in Queens, New York, with roots in Khartoum and London. She…

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