Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village. With the landscape of their childhood now a labyrinth of...

In the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one Syrian family collapses into tragedy and ruin. The mother, abandoned by her husband, struggles to raise her children alone. Her daughter Sawsan flirts with the militias, the ruling party, and...

Abdel's final wish is to be buried back at the family plot near Aleppo. His youngest son and estranged other children set out with the body through a war zone, confronting adversity along the way. von Khalifa, Khaled

Khaled Khalifa ist ein syrischer Autor, der in Damaskus lebt. Hier spricht eine authentische Stimme aus Syrien. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten arabischen Autoren und schreibt aus seiner Heimat, nicht aus dem Exil, wie viele seiner...