Khaled Khalifa
Khaled Khalifa (Arabic: خالد خليÙة‎) is a Syrian novelist, screenwriter and poet, born 1964 in Aleppo. His 2006 novel In Praise of Hatred (Madih al-Karahiya) has attracted worldwide media attention. It was a finalist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and has been banned in Syria. "In Praise of Hatred" has been published in French (Sindbad, Actes Sud, May 2011), Italian (Bompiani, May 2011), Dutch (De Geus, June 2011), and Norwegian (Minuskel, October 2011). Rights to this book have also been sold to Transworld (English, to appear), and Lumen (Spanish, to appear). Continue Reading »
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