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Lina Huyan Elhassan

لينا هويان الحسن

Born 1975 · Syria

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    IPAF 2015 · Shortlist

    ألماس ونساء

    Almas wa-Nisa'

    Title translated by AI:“Diamonds and Women”

    Lina Huyan Elhassan · 39 when first published

    Novel · 239 pages · Migration, Family, Historical

    AI-generated summary:Almaz, a Christian woman from Damascus, marries Count Karam Khoury, a Lebanese living in Paris, and a love story carries her across the Atlantic to São Paulo, where she builds a world among the Arab emigrants.