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Quarantine Session #53: Hala Alyan + Rumaan Alam by Hala Alyan

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Quarantine Session #53: Hala Alyan + Rumaan Alam

by Hala Alyan

Narrator Rumaan Alam

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Length 57 minutes

Language English

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Summary

Greenlight neighbor Rumaan Alam (Leave the World Behind) talks with returning favorite Hala Alyan about her new novel The Arsonist's City, a rich family story which is also a love letter to Beirut. The two writers discuss the challenges of writing in the pandemic and their own writing routines as well as the differences between writing prose and poetry, while exploring how the book portrays Arab women, cities, and sexuality in fresh ways.

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