Shahla Ujayli

Books on prize lists

• صيف مع العدو

  In English

  SaveSummer with the Enemy to read later

  IPAF 2019 · Shortlist

  Summer with the Enemy

  صيف مع العدو · Sayf ma'a al-'aduww

  Shahla Ujayli · 42 when first published

  Novel · 288 pages · Family, War, Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:Having fled the war in Syria, Lamis arrives in Cologne to meet Nicholas, a Munich professor who once spent a summer in her home town of Raqqa and fell in love with her mother.

• سماء قريبة من بيتنا

  In English

  SaveA Sky So Close to Us to read later

  IPAF 2016 · Shortlist

  A Sky So Close to Us

  سماء قريبة من بيتنا · Sama' qariba min baytina

  Shahla Ujayli · 39 when first published

  Novel · 304 pages · Love, War, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:In Amman, Joumane Badran, whose roots are in Raqqa, meets Nasser al-Amiri, who has come to bury his mother, and the two discover that their grandfathers' houses in Aleppo stood side by side.