Review of Bitter Almonds in Arabic بالعربية

كتبت ليلاس طه، الروائية الفلسطينية المقيمة في أميركا، روايتها «لوز مر» بالإنكليزية وتختار تقديم حكايتها بعيداً من السياسة وقريباً جداً من الصراعات التي تجول في قلوب شخصياتها وما تمثله من قاسم إنساني مشترك مع جميع البشر. ولعل هذا أسهم في فوز الرواية بـ «جائزة الكتاب الدولية» للتعددية الثقافية التي تُمنح سنويا في الولايات المتحدة

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Sukoon Magazine Interview

In my recently published interview with Sukoon Magazine, I was asked the following question:

"Would you describe Bitter Almonds as more of a political story or more of a love story? Or maybe love is political anyway?"

Silence

The day will come, when you will beg for my forgiveness.

I, the child blamed, the one innocent of your crimes,

I, the grandfather, farmer of a land stolen,

I, the grandmother, singer of ballads forgotten,

I, the father, carer of a family torn asunder,

I, the mother, nurturer of a home cowardly demolished,

I, the colonized, the oppressed, the evicted,

I, the persecuted, the starved, the forgotten,

I, the imprisoned, the tortured, the assassinated,

I, the Palestinian, will stand forever tall, and

We will never forgive your silence.

Lilas Taha is a novelist, winner of the 2017 International Book Awards in the Multicultural Fiction category and is the author of Shadows of Damascus and Bitter Almonds.

One Book, Many conversations

Join me for a conversation with Georgetwon University in Qatar on January 24, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. For more info click here

Lilas Taha is a novelist, winner of the 2017 International Book Awards  and is the author of Shadows of Damascus and Bitter Almonds.

Workshop through the Houston Writers Guild

Join me to discuss Rhetorical Devices as part of the Houston Writers Guild fall/winter seminar series on Thursday, Oct 26 from 3 -5 pm. No registration required. Free to all Houston writers. Click here for details.

Workshop Update

Update:

Let's help out Houston residents in these difficult times. All proceeds from my workshop will be donated to the hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. Starting date is pushed to September 16 to accommodate participants. Registration is open now. For more info, please visit The Fig Writer's Studio 

Workshop with Lilas

So You Have the Burning Itch to be a Novelist? 

Let's work together. Registration is open for a workshop I'm giving on novel writing in Houston this September.  Registration and more information at the Fig Writer's Studio