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Tag: Aleppo

18 April, 2022 • Laila Halaby

Joumana Haddad’s “The Book of Queens”: a Review

Laila Halaby on the new novel from Lebanon's multilingual feminist poet and powerhouse.

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15 February, 2022 • TMR

LA Sketches: John Nazarian, Defender of the Underdog

Syrian and Armenian American John Nazarian was for decades a champion of those who struggled in Los Angeles.

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15 January, 2022 • Layla AlAmmar

Fiction: Refugees in Serbia, an excerpt from “Silence is a Sense” by Layla AlAmmar

On the occasion of the paperback publication of Layla AlAmmar's novel Silence is a Sense, TMR presents this excerpt selected by the author.

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30 May, 2021 • Rana Asfour

The Maps of Our Destruction: Two Novels on Syria

Rana Asfour reviews Faysal Khartash's Roundabout of Death and Zeyn Joukhadar's The Map of Salt and Stars.

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25 January, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

Farah Abdessamad reviews Silence is a Sense, the new novel from Layla AlAmmar.

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14 December, 2020 • Shahla Ujayli

Shahla Ujayli’s “Summer With the Enemy”

War-torn Syria isn't just about headlines. In this new novel from Shahla Ujayli, the country comes alive as seen through the eyes of three women from Raqqa.

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14 December, 2020 • Shahla Ujayli

Shahla Ujayli’s “Summer With the Enemy”

War-torn Syria isn’t just about headlines. In this new novel from Shahla Ujayli, the country comes alive as seen through the eyes of three women from Raqqa.

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