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Mohammad al-Attar
Mohammad Al Attar is a Syrian playwright and dramaturg who lives in Berlin. His plays…
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Kevork Mourad
Manapart is an Armenian-Russian nu-metal band formed in 2018 in St. Petersburg, Russia.Connection to DamascusStudied…
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Samar Yazbek
Samar Yazbek is a Syrian writer and journalist. She studied Arabic literature at Tishreen University.…
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Sulayman al-Bassam
Sulayman Al Bassam, is a Kuwaiti playwright, theatre director and actor. His plays, written and…
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Robin Yassin-Kassab
Robin Yassin-Kassab is a Scottish-Syrian political commentator, analyst and writer. He specialises in Syria and…
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Rima Bali
Rima Bali is a Syrian writer of contemporary Arabic fiction. The author of four novels,…
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Khaled Khalifa
Khaled Khalifa was a Syrian novelist, screenwriter and poet. He was nominated three times and…