Rayyan Al-Shawaf

Rayyan Al-Shawaf is a writer and book critic in Lebanon.

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A Dark, Vivid Novel of Somali Women

<p>Nadifa Mohamed’s <i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Orchard-Lost-Souls-Novel/dp/0374209146/">The Orchard of Lost Souls</a></i> beautifully chronicles the lives of three women struggling to endure Somalia’s devastating civil war.</p>

Rayyan Al-Shawaf

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Goodbye to All That

In a powerful new book, “Disordered World," Amin Maalouf writes about how identity has become the flashpoint for violence.

Rayyan Al-Shawaf