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Dominique Eddé

Dominique Eddé is a Lebanese novelist and essayist, whose works include Kamal Jann, Kite, and The Crime of Jean Genet, published in English by Seagull Books and translated by Ros Schwartz. Her forthcoming book, Edward Said: His Thought as a Novel, will be published in August by Verso Books. (June 2019)

Pandemic Journal, March 23–29

Brief dispatches by New York Review writers documenting the coronavirus outbreak around the world, including Michael Greenberg in Brooklyn, Raquel Salas Rivera in San Juan, Aida Alami in Paris, Rahmane Idrissa in Niamey, and more.

March 29, 2020

A Portrait of Lebanon

It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that in Lebanon, everything can be explained and nothing can be understood. Chaotic, polluted, and corrupt beyond belief, this is a country where beauty and human warmth constantly find ways to break through. It is impossible to name that feeling of being assaulted and charmed at the same time.

June 19, 2019

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