Hate praise

Book name: Praise of Hatred Author: Khaled Khalifa Publisher: Al-Ain Number of pages: 450 Book genre: Novel Summary of the book: This novel ventures into a period of Syrian history and re-raises burning questions about the conflict between fundamentalists and the authority — a period almost destroyed by a culture of hatred that consumed everything. The novel leads readers from the enchanting city of Aleppo and the worlds of its women and their secret lives to Afghanistan, passing through Riyadh, Aden, London, and other places, to weave details that will undoubtedly leave their scents, blood, and hatred, as well as the desire for love and amazement, in the souls of this book's readers. Khaled Khalifa succeeded in this novel in narrating the experience of double repression under fundamentalist organizations and within a society deprived of democracy, through a language with multiple levels, and characters torn between questions of the future. The judging panel of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction announced the list of six nominees for its first edition in 2008, and the Syrian writer and novelist Khaled Khalifa was chosen for his novel "Praise of Hatred."