Baghdad Noir - Samuel Shimon

Biographie:

Samuel Shimon was born into an Assyrian family in Iraq in 1956. He is the cofounder of Banipal, the renowned international magazine of contemporary Arab literature in English translation, and the founder and editor of the popular Arabic literary website Kikah. His autobiographical novel An Iraqi in Paris was published in five languages, and he edited Beirut39, an anthology of new Arabic writing....

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Introduction

Part I: Murder in the Family
I Killed Her Because I Loved Her by Muhsin al-Ramli (Al-Fadhil District)
Doomsday Book by Nassif Falak (Hurriya City)
Jasim's File by Sinan Antoon (Al-Rashad Hospital)
A Sense of Remorse by Ahmed Saadawi (Bataween District)

Part II: Where Is the Trust?
Baghdad on Borrowed Time by Salar Abdoh (Gejara)
Post-Traumatic Stress Reality in Qadisiya by Hadia Said (Al-Qadisiya District)
The Fear of Iraqi Intelligence by Hayet Raies (Al-Waziriya)
Room 22 by Mohammed Alwan Jabr (Bab al-Sharqi)

Part III: Wake Me Up
The Apartment by Salima Salih (Al-Ghadeer District)
Empty Bottles by Hussain al-Mozany (al-Thawra City)
Getting to Abu Nuwas Street by Dheya al-Khalidi (Bab al-Moatham)

Part IV: Blood on My Hands
Homecoming by Roy Scranton (Shorja)
Baghdad House by Ali Bader (Al-Rashid Street)
Tuesday of Sorrows by Layla Qasrany (Al-Andalus District)...