Khalil Sweileh
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Khalil Sweileh is a Syrian journalist and novelist. He was born in Al-Hasakah District
and studied literature at Damascus University. He has since worked for a number of cultural publications in various capacities.
Sweileh received the Naguib Mahfouz Medal in 2009 for his novel The Scribe of Love. In his acceptance speech, Sweileh mentioned that as a village boy, his chance discovery of a tattered copy of Mahfouz's novel Khufu's Wisdom
was partly responsible for inspiring his love of literature.
His previous novels include Express Mail (2004), Do Not Blame Me (2006), and Zuhur, Sara, and Nariman (2008). Sweileh's novels have yet to be translated into English.
Al-Hasakah District
Al-Hasakah District is a Syrian district administratively belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate. It had a population of 484,966 at the 2004 Census. Its administrative centre is the city of Al-Hasakah....
and studied literature at Damascus University. He has since worked for a number of cultural publications in various capacities.
Sweileh received the Naguib Mahfouz Medal in 2009 for his novel The Scribe of Love. In his acceptance speech, Sweileh mentioned that as a village boy, his chance discovery of a tattered copy of Mahfouz's novel Khufu's Wisdom
Khufu's Wisdom
Khufu's Wisdom is an early novel by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. It was originally published in Arabic in 1939. An English translation by Raymond Stock appeared in 2003. The novel is one of several that Mahfouz wrote at the beginning of his career, with Pharaonic Egypt as their setting...
was partly responsible for inspiring his love of literature.
His previous novels include Express Mail (2004), Do Not Blame Me (2006), and Zuhur, Sara, and Nariman (2008). Sweileh's novels have yet to be translated into English.