“Amazing is a hidden treasure in Aleppo,” says one of the novel’s heroines. In her work, Maha Hassan tries to bring this amazement through writing and memories to re-draw Aleppo and its ancient popular neighborhoods, its rituals of living, the simplicity of its people, and their small dreams, before the war comes and destroys all of this in its path.
Relying on a unique technique inspired by the names of Arab and international novels and the titles of the chapters, the heroes of “The Amazing Neighborhood” tell us their story from “Zarqa’s Imagination” and “Beirut Nightmares” to the house of “Sleeping Beauties.”
It is a story about love, childhood memories, intentional killing, the emotional placenta, and the role of literature in our lives
هذا الكتاب المدروس بعناية والمصاغ بشكل جيد يدحض معظم ضجيج الإدارة الحالي؛ من جماعة الرؤساء التنفيذيين الخارقين إلى جماعة المعلومات حتى هوس الاستحواذ والدمج.
Only fourteen pages, or perhaps a few lines are enough.
A different and dangerous experience until I know which is more important: what we said so that it would be very simple memoirs suitable for publication, or what we said over long periods, most of which was not for publication.
Like life, all details are important, but what we leave behind is just a small trace.
نقياً كأنه روح (كتاب) تساعد الإنسان في اكتساب السكينة والسلام كي يعيش حياته اليومية بأقل قدر من الآلام .. هي عدد من الإشراقات أثمرتها الروح في لحظة صفاء أو معاناة.. تنفض الغبار عن أخلاقيات منسية وتضيء الطريق نحو التنوّر في عصر مضطرب لا يهدأ .
