1980s Syria, our young narrator is living a secluded life behind the veil in the vast and perfumed house of her grandparents in Aleppo. Her three aunts, Maryam the pious one; Safaa, the liberal; and the free-spirited Marwa, bring her up with the aid of their ever-devoted blind servant. Soon the high walls of the family home are unable to protect her from the social and political changes outside. Witnessing the crackdowns of the ruling dictatorship against Muslims, she is filled with hatred for her oppressors, and becomes increasingly fundamentalist. In the footsteps of her beloved uncle Bakr, she takes on the party, launching herself into a fight for her religion, her country, and ultimately, her own future. On a backdrop of real-life events that occurred during the Syrian regime's ruthless suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1980s, "In Praise Of Hatred" is a stirring, sensual story. Its elegant use of traditional, layered storytelling is a powerful echo of the modern-day tragedy that is now taking place in the Middle East.

In Praise of Hatred

Khaled Khalifa

خالد خليفة

Transworld Publishers

<p>'A soulful and perfectly unsentimental writer...' MOHSIN HAMID\nDecember, 1907: one morning after a night of drunken carousing in the city, Hanna and his friend Zakariya return home to their village near Aleppo-only to discover a scene of tragedy. A devastating flood has levelled their homes, shops and places of worship, and their neighbours, families and children are nearly all dead. Their lives will never be the same.\nTracing Hanna's life before and after the flood-when he embarks on a search for the meaning of life-No One Prayed Over Their Graves is a portrait of a wider society on the verge of great change; from the provincial village to the burgeoning modernity of the city, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews live and work together, united in their love for Aleppo and their dreams for the future.</p>

No One Prayed Over Their Graves

Faber&Faber

ليست مجرد رواية بل هي حفر عميق في آليات الخوف والتفكك خلال نصف قرن ، وهي أيضاً رواية عن مجتمع عاش - بشكل متواز-مع البطش والرغبات المقتولة ، عبر سيرة عائلة اكتشفت أن كل أحلامها ماتت وتحولت إلى ركام ، كما تحولت جثة الأم إلى خردة يجب التخلص منها ليستمر الآخرون في العيش .رواية مكتوبة بحساسية صادمة ولغة رفيعة تأخذ بقرائها منذ الصفحات الأولى إلى أسئلة أساسية وتضعهم أمام حقائق خراب الحياة العربية في ظل الأنظمة التي استباحت حياتهم ودمرت أحلامهم .إنها رواية عن ورطة الحياة بأععمق معانيها ، الخوف والموت الإنساني

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In Praise of Hatred

No One Prayed Over Their Graves

لا سكاكين في مطابخ هذه المدينة La Skakin fi Matabekh Hathi al Madina