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02867aam a2200409 i 4500 001 17EC79AA440211EF98CC15ED37ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240717010108 008 240508t20242024enk 000 f eng d 020 $a 1803093447 020 $a 9781803093444 035 $a (OCoLC)1433026668 040 $a NBO $b eng $e rda $c NBO $d NBO $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCO $d YDX $d BDX $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 043 $a a-sy--- 050 4 $a PQ3979.3.S68 $b D4713 2024 082 04 $a 843/.92 $2 23/eng/20240604 082 04 $a 892.737 $2 23 100 1 $a Souleimane, Omar Youssef, $d 1987- $e author. 240 10 $a Dernier Syrien. $l English 245 14 $a The last Syrian / $c Omar Youssef Soulemaine ; translated from the French by Ghada Mourad. 264 1 $a London ; $b Seagull Books, $c 2024. 300 $a 183 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a The pride list 520 $a A rare narrative of gay love in the Arab world that travels into the lives of a group of spirited youth during the Syrian Revolution. Youssef's mother has always told him that he is named after the biblical prophet Joseph who had the power of foresight. But when Youssef participated in the first demonstration in Damascus in 2011, he felt that the uprising against the Bashar al-Assad regime after forty years of silence and fear was "a miracle more powerful than that of the prophet." While Josephine, a charming young Alawite, gathers in her home a group of youth to fight for their visions of a promising future, a forbidden love story unfolds between two men, Youssef and Mohammad. Meanwhile, young Khalid's love for Josephine is brutally interrupted by the agents of the oppressive regime. Homosexuality clashes with tradition, emancipation with persecution, and feelings with loyalties, leading to an upheaval that sweeps away the destinies of the young as well as that of an entire nation. Omar Youssef Souleimane's eloquent novel is not only a narrative of the Syrian Revolution; it is also a story about inter-generational conflicts, rebellion, and liberation. With intense, poetic prose, he brilliantly captures the indomitable yearning for freedom that, despite all obstacles and setbacks, always survives in a hopeful person's heart until it's attained. 500 $a "First published in French as Le dernier Syrien ©Editions Flammarion, Paris, 2020"--Title page verso. 546 $a In English, translated from Arabic. 650 0 $a Man-man relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young adults $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Syria $x History $y Civil War, 2011- $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Gay fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romans homosexuels. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000313241 700 1 $a Mourad, Ghada, $e translator. 830 0 $a Pride list (Series) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240717013849.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=17EC79AA440211EF98CC15ED37ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search