The Dark Side of Love

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International bestseller available in English for the first time "This Arab version of Romeo and Juliet paints a unique picture of historic and social panorama of Syria." --Deutschlandradio Kultur Story of forbidden love set against the background of Arabic culture and endless feuds... read more

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“He who reads books in spite of school will become a master.”
“From tomorrow, I will think only of Damascus when I wake up in the morning.”
“When a butterfly first sees the light it forgets everything except that it can fly.”
“He who sows suspicion reaps traitors.”
“"Don't worry, I'm only crying because this is such a beautiful moment. I'm crying because I can never manage to hold such moments and keep them." Threads of light were beginning to weave the day. He held her close once more. "I want to live with you and no one else," he said.”
Rana Shahin, Farid Mushtak
“After a brief introduction about modern times the scholar, who held two doctorates, came quickly to his subject. He put the central points of his lecture in the form of questions and answers. "Where does a Muslim direct his prayers when he is in space? How can locate Mecca when he is in space? How will he fast in space? How often should he pray when his rocket orbits the earth ten times, how often if he flies twice as fast? And may a Muslim astronaut marry a being from another planet?" Josef looked in astonishment at Farid, who had a hand over his mouth to keep from bursting into laughter. The scholar provided all these questions with answers that appeared in all seriousness to be giving religion a modern face and yet keep it Islamic, but there was no way of sitting through too much of this. After a quarter of an hour, the two friends quietly left the hall.”