Nesrine Khoury
Syria - Spain
Writer
Literature
Nesrine Khoury
Syria - Spain
Writer
Literature
Grantee
Production Awards
Round 02
2015
Wadi Qandeel
Project name: Wadi Qandeel
The novel tells the story of Thuraya who returns to Syria in 2029 to recover her memories that drowned along with the boat, before she washed ashore the coast of Cyprus at the age of five.. Her journey begins in a remote coastal area, in Qandeel Valley, where a script of a novel falls into her hands. The female author is “Ghaim” who recounts the events of the siege of the Valley, as she had lived it with her friends in 2014. It is through this manuscript that Thuraya learns about the lives of Syrians before and during the war, for the heroes of the novel come from different backgrounds and areas. Thuraya decides to investigate into the fates of the novel’s characters, starting with the then known journalist Anas Raheem, who had been Ghaim’s love.
The novel tells the story of Thuraya who returns to Syria in 2029 to recover her memories that drowned along with the boat, before she washed ashore the coast of Cyprus at the age of five.. Her journey begins in a remote coastal area, in Qandeel Valley, where a script of a novel falls into her hands. The female author is “Ghaim” who recounts the events of the siege of the Valley, as she had lived it with her friends in 2014. It is through this manuscript that Thuraya learns about the lives of Syrians before and during the war, for the heroes of the novel come from different backgrounds and areas. Thuraya decides to investigate into the fates of the novel’s characters, starting with the then known journalist Anas Raheem, who had been Ghaim’s love.
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