Najat Abdul Samad
Syrian fiction writer, poet and gynecologist.
For Five Days, Sweida’s Soul Was Crushed—Its People, Homes, Crops, and Livestock... and So Was Mine, Trapped in Berlin
04 August 2025
Following a brief initial visit after the fall of Assad’s regime, Syrian novelist Najat Abd al-Samad, based in Berlin, was preparing for a longer return to her hometown, Sweida. But...
My Fleeting Return
17 February 2025
"We arrived in Suwayda at night... I entered my city, whose features I believe I have memorized, like the veins on the back of my hand. Will I guide the...
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