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Rabee Jaber

ربيع جابر

Born 1972 · Lebanon

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    IPAF 2012 · Winner

    دروز بلغراد

    Duruz Bilghrad

    Title translated by AI:“The Druze of Belgrade”

    Rabee Jaber · 39 when first published

    Novel · 239 pages · Historical, War

    AI-generated summary:After the 1860 civil war on Mount Lebanon, Hanna Yaqub, a Christian egg seller from Beirut, is forced to replace a Druze prisoner freed for a bribe and shipped with exiled Druze fighters to the fortress of Belgrade.

  • No English yet

    IPAF 2010 · Shortlist

    أمريكا

    Amrika

    Rabee Jaber · 37 when first published

    Novel · 431 pages · Migration, Historical

    AI-generated summary:Early in the twentieth century, Marta sets out alone from Greater Syria for New York to find her husband, who has stopped sending news.