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Cancer (Al-Saratan) 
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Published in 1987 by
Mohammed Ali El-Hami in Tunis , then in 1988 by Al-Hewar in Syria and then in 1995
by Al-Fikra in Aleppo.
It tells the story of Abdullah who came back from Argentine, to which he had immigrated,
after he had been suffering from an incurable disease. It is the story of
originality, longing for childhood and attitude to both self and the world.
110 pagesPrice $4 |
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Published by the author in
Damascus in 1990. It is about the tribes who leave the desert because of its tribal
struggles and go to settle in a Bedouin quarter around the city of Aleppo. These people
infiltrate into the city, exerting an influence on it. The spirit of tribal society
prevails throughout an urban one.
223 pages Price $5 |
The
Pastoral Comedy (Al-komedia Al-fallahiya) 
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The North Winds – The Small Market(Riyah Al-Shimal)
Special Order only
Published in 1989 by Al-Hewar Publishing house in Syria.
An epic of the First World War and of self-consciousness after many centuries of the
Turkish Ottoman colonialism. It looks into the war from the view points of its characters
who are from the city of Aleppo, and it observes the enlightenment of the national
consciousness at that time. It depicts the life of people, hunger and poverty through the
story of three young men who are dispatched to different battlefronts, so the war
determines the destiny of each one in a different way from the other.
The Small Market is the title of the first part of the trilogy of The North Winds.
382 pages |
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| The
North Winds – 1917 
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Second part of the trilogy
of The North Winds. It was published in 1993 by Al-Enmaa Al-Hadari in Aleppo. Here we
follow the development of the characters we have known in the first part
353 pagesPrice $8 |
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A Case of a Passion (Halet Shaghaff) Special Order
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Published in 1998 by Attia Publishing House in Beirut. It looks closely at the realm of
women and feminine music and singing during the 1930s in Aleppo. It is an interesting
novel about a passion for a woman that has affected both men and women. It is the case of
a passion for a woman and a passion for the tale which later affects the reader
Note that you may read the whole text of this novel at the writer's website
http://www.syriagate.com/nihadsirees/ |
