No knives in the kitchens of this city Khaled Khalifa fourth edition 2014 AD pages: 260 pages

Publication date: 2013 Publisher: Dar Al-Ain for Publishing Type: Novel Language: Arabic Author: Khaled Khalifa Novel: No knives in the kitchens of this city Summary of the novel: "How long will it take before broken throats regain their ability to scream" No knives in the kitchens of this city is a novel about mechanisms of fear and fragmentation and an attempt to reveal the truths of destruction in Arab life under oppressive regimes; or rather, a cry from our writer to say everything that is silent in the Arab world in general and Syria in particular. Quotes: "Stupidity is created by the clever and convinced to the fools so they maintain their position" "When things come late enough, we should forget them once and for all!" "The herd is the greatest invention to pass all ideas, philosophies, religions, and naive arts" "Our lives are a collection of stolen scents we spend our entire lives trying to get rid of"