Autor/-in: Khalifa Khaled

Khaled Khalifa was born in 1964, in a village close to Aleppo, Syria. He is the author of four novels, including In Praise of Hatred. , which was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and No Knives in the Kitchens of this City. , which won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2013. He lives in Damascus, a city he has refused to abandon despite the danger posed by the ongoing civil war.