In Conversation with Samar Yazbek: 'The World Needs Sincerity and Empathy'
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August 15, 2024

In Conversation with Samar Yazbek: 'The World Needs Sincerity and Empathy'

Maki Hoshii, in Asahi Shimbun Digital, on June 17, 2024 Amid the ongoing civil war in the Middle East, Syrian writer Samar Yazbek, visited Japan and gave a lecture in…

"Stunning offering of spirituality" - Insightful review of Yazbek's "Where the wind calls home" by Asymptote
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March 9, 2024
"Stunning offering of spirituality" - Insightful review of Yazbek's "Where the wind calls home" by Asymptote

By Alex Tan, for Asymptote, February 29, 2024Where the wind calls home was selected by…

Yazbek's "Blue pen" is published in Japan: Some reactions from Japanese readers
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August 15, 2024
Yazbek's "Blue pen" is published in Japan: Some reactions from Japanese readers

“A girl from Syria in 2013 speaks to me, over and over, urging me to…

Japanese praise of Yazbek's "Planet of clay" (or Blue pen), in the influential Shukan Kinyobi magazine
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August 13, 2024
Japanese praise of Yazbek's "Planet of clay" (or Blue pen), in the influential Shukan Kinyobi magazine

Kai Nagase reviews “Planet of Clay” (The blue pen) by Samar Yazbek for Shukan Kinyobi,…

The blue pen
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The blue pen

Rima is a girl from Damascus who cannot stop walking.  She has no control over…