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A sweeping tale of life and death, set in the Syrian capital at the turn of the twentieth century from the International prize winning author of Death is Hard Work and In Praise of Hatred.

"A soulful and perfectly unsentimental writer." Hisham Matar

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December, 1907: one morning after a…

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1 author picked No One Prayed Over Their Graves as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was piqued by the opportunity to read a Syrian author, one who decided not to flee the war-torn country. In this high-end novel, Khalifa tells the life stories of a gaggle of childhood friends of different ethnolinguistic and religious backgrounds, with the action taking place in and around the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo.

You’ll be swept up in pure “don’t leave your favorite chair” storytelling and the seemingly endless drama of life in Middle Eastern cultures and histories.

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