Hate praise - Khaled Khalifa

When Ibn Al-Samarqandi stood in front of Maryam extending his hand for a farewell handshake, she had reached the end of her unconsciousness. Her lips repeated inaudibly, "You slaughtered me..." No one noticed her change except my grandmother, who knew that her daughter was unlucky and a prisoner of a hidden love she could not express, and there was no need for anyone to guess because she had not seen any stranger's face face-to-face since she reached maturity. She tried to approach her to confess, but Maryam became more reserved. Her secret remained exposed among her sisters, who tried in every way to persuade her to abandon this hollow pride. Jamloun describes: "Getting rid of those we love is like turning into a wither that leads us to our strength, which we wait to turn into joyful hatred," a quote from the novel "Praise of Hatred," which summarizes part of the meaning of its name. A novel nominated for the short list of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction "Booker" in 2008, and it is the third novel by Khaled Khalifa.... The novel addresses issues of political and religious repression, and tells about the conflict between the Muslim Brotherhood and the authority, and the spread of hatred among people in that historical period. Number of pages: 296 Year of publication: 2020 Publisher: Hachette Anzawan / Nofal