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Rafik Schami


Syria (b.1946)

Born in Syria in 1946, Schami is the son of a baker from a Syriac-Christian family. After attending a monastery boarding school in Lebanon, he studied chemistry, mathematics, and physics in Damascus. In 1970, left Syria for Lebanon to evade censorship and the military draft; the following year, he moved to Germany. There, Schami continued his studies in chemistry while working odd jobs, obtaining a doctorate in 1979.
 
 
Novels
   A Hand Full of Stars (1990)
   Damascus Nights (1993)
   The Dark Side of Love (2009)
   The Calligrapher's Secret (2010)
   Sophia (2018)
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