Debut Novel ‘Older Brother’ Straddles France, Syria, and Sibling Suspicions
In Mahir Guven’s debut novel, Older Brother, a young Frenchman’s return to his country from war-torn Syria derails his older brother’s life.
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Pieces of Stories Create the Total Mosaic That Is ‘Fractured Lands’
Scott Anderson’s Fractured Lands is not only one of the most accessible and synthetic accounts of events in the Middle East, but it’s also among the most powerful.
‘Tablet & Pen’ Offers Glimpses of the Middle East from the Inside
Literature as a connective between peoples is the animating spirit of the anthology Tablet & Pen, which takes a broad view of 20th-century Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Pakistani history and culture through the filter of the written word.
