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Syrian city Aleppo in the 1930s is the starting point for the tales in ‘States of Passion’ Alamy
Syrian city Aleppo in the 1930s is the starting point for the tales in ‘States of Passion’ Alamy
Nihad Sirees’s new novel is a study in storytelling set in the golden age of Syria
The novel binds a series of stories comprising tangents and detours that artfully feed back into the main narrative
Malcolm Forbes
September 09, 2018