Celebrated Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa died at age 59 in Damascus. An important figure in contemporary Arabic literature, he was known for his outspoken nature and proclivity to critique power.
“Cities can die just like people,” wrote Aleppo native Khaled Khalifa in his second novel, “No Knives in the Kitchens of This City” (2013). The line would be prescient: As Khalifa was writing his new ...
“Why travel if all the world is coming to Aleppo, the capital of it all?” says a character in Khaled Khalifa’s spacious historical novel “No One Prayed Over Their Graves.” This is the Aleppo of the ...
His books, laced with humor and often banned in his country, chronicle centuries of strife in the Middle East, earning critical praise and an international readership. By Hwaida Saad Khaled Khalifa, a ...
Khaled Khalifa speaks during an interview with AFP at his home in the Syrian capital Damascus in 2020 — LOUAI BESHARA Syrian writer and veteran government critic Khaled Khalifa has died of cardiac ...
Khaled Khalifa’s new novel follows two friends through disaster and religious tension in early-20th-century Syria. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, ...
Celebrated Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa died at age 59 in Damascus. An important figure in contemporary Arabic literature, he was known for his... Syrian author Khaled Khalifa, a titan of ...
We're going to take some time now to remember Khaled Khalifa. The celebrated Syrian poet, screenwriter and novelist died late last month of cardiac arrest. He was 59 years old. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: ...
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