(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian journalist Shaaban Abboud has published a novel entitled "Queen of Al Fu’ah and Student of Binnish.”
Abboud’s debut novel tells chapters of the Syrian tragedy that took on a sectarian dimension, painting the story of a childish love of two students at a school halfway between the towns of Binnish and Al Fu’ah in northwestern Syria, only to be separated for thirty years.
The events of the novel, which unfolds between the Sunni town of Binnish and the Shiite Al Fu’ah, reveal deep human ties between the members of the same community, interrupted in the service of political motives, narrow selfish interests, and a tyranny cloaked in religion surpassed by the ignorance sects - as stated by the publisher.
The author of the novel told Zaman al-Wasl that what happened in Syria "was a historic event and we are still living its effects," adding that when the people demanded freedom, democracy, and dignity, the Syrian elites had to take the historical and expected position.
Because the press and the media do not usually focus on the human moments, dealing only with the dead as figures and not as stories, tales, hopes and dreams, he wanted to be a narrator of people's stories, pain and hopes in the shadow of war.
"Queen of Al Fu’ah - Student of Binnich" combines many experiences with dozens of stories the author has heard or read about. However, he said, it was necessary to have a controlled imagination that serves the narrative and literary context.
The characters of the novel are mostly based on real people even if the names differ. Abboud stated that he does not need to resort to the imagined because of the events and hundreds of stories he heard.
Zaman Al Wasl
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