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Taissier Khalaf

An acclaimed Palestinian-Syrian novelist, historian, and researcher born in 1967. With over thirty published works in historical documentation, cultural encyclopedias, and fiction—including the monumental eight-volume Encyclopedia of Arab and Muslim Travels to Palestine—Khalaf is recognized for his rigorous, archival-grounded excavations of Mediterranean and Arab history. He is a two-time celebrated author with the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, having been longlisted for Slaughter of the Philosophers (2017) and shortlisted for The Andalusian Messiah (2025). Renowned for seamlessly fusing rare manuscripts with intense dramatic storytelling, his major works-including Darwin’s Sparrows, Moviola, and King of Thieves-fearlessly explore forced displacement, inquisitorial violence, and the enduring resilience of collective memory.

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