[Translated from Arabic into French by Rania Samara]
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Khaled Khalifa
Khaled KHALIFA (fiction writer, screenwriter; Syria) has written extensively for film and television and authored three novels, published in multiple editions in the Arab world: [The Guard of Deception] (1993), [The Gypsy Notebooks] (2000), and [In Praise of Hatred] (2006). His honors include a 2007 award from the Ismaiiliyah International Festival for Documentaries and a 2005 Award for Best Script for Bab al Maqam, from the Valencia Film Festival. Currently, he is working on his fourth novel, A Parallel Life.
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[Excerpt] Radwan recalled the child he had been sixty years ago, when at the age of five he learned that he was blind... media_text
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Today I will talk only about the novel and cut out any discussion of other forms, which I have trouble summarizing. I will put to you a question I frequently ask myself about fiction: What can the defenseless art do... media_text
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This question would be better asked in Cairo, Baghdad, Beirut or Damascus or in any of the traditional capitols of Arab culture.. Or in Dubai, the new capitol of Arab culture.. the capital that initiated an... media_text
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