Elias Khoury

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Elias Khoury


Born
in Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
July 12, 1948

Died
September 15, 2024


Elias Khoury was a Lebanese novelist and public intellectual. His novels and literary criticism have been translated into several languages. In 2000, he won the Prize of Palestine for his book Gate of the Sun, and he won the Al Owais Award for fiction writing in 2007. Khoury has also written three plays and two screenplays.

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Gate of the Sun

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Yalo

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White Masks

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أولاد الغيتو ٢: نجمة البحر

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City Gates

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L'Étoile de la mer

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La mémoire de Job (1993)

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“صدقني،فمتى نكتم الألم،فهذا يعني أننا نعرف معناه.لاشئ يساوي الألم سوى كتمانه”
Elias Khoury, Gate of the Sun

“هل تعتقد أننا نستطيع أن نصنع وطننا من هذه الحكاية الغامضة؟ ولماذا علينا أن نصنعه؟ الإنسان يرث بلاده كما يرث لغته،لماذا نحن فقط من بين شعوب الأرض علينا أن نخترع وطننا كل يوم،وإلا ضاع كل شئ، ودخلنا في النوم الأبدي؟؟؟”
Elias Khoury, Gate of the Sun

“هل الانتظار لاشئ؟؟أنت تهزأ بي،الانتظار كل شئ.نقضي حياتنا كلها انتظاراً،وتقول لاشئ!!كأنك تريد إضاعة معنى حياتنا”
Elias Khoury, Gate of the Sun

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