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  <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Lebanese journalist and novelist, whose native language was Arabic, but who writes in French. Most of Maalouf's books have a historical setting, and like Umberto Eco, Orhan Pamuk, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Maalouf mixes fascinating historical facts with fantasy and philosophical ideas. In an interview Maalouf has said that his role as a writer is to create &quot;positive myths&quot;. Maalouf's works, written with the skill of a master storyteller, offer a sensitive view of the values and attitudes of different cultures in the Middle East, Africa and Mediterranean world.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Beirut</hometown>  <born_at>02/25/1949</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Samarkand]]></title>
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  <published>1989</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Crusades Through Arab Eyes]]></title>
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  <published>1984</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Leo Africanus]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <published>1986</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Balthasar's Odyssey: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Rock of Tanios]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <published>1</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Gardens of Light]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The First Century After Beatrice]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.56</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>71</ratings_count>
  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Ports of Call]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.68</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>59</ratings_count>
  <published>1</published>  
  
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        <book id="212934">
  <title><![CDATA[Les Identités meurtrières]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.98</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <published>1998</published>  
  
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