Omar Youssef Souleimane Author

Omar Youssef Souleimane is a French-Syrian writer born in Qoteyfeh, Syria. He worked as a journalist before choosing exile in France in 2012 to escape persecution for his pro-democratic activities in Syria. Since his exile, he has published four novels and five poetry collections. Ghada Mourad teaches French and Francophone studies and Arabic literature in translation at the University of California, Irvine, and California State University, Fullerton. She is a translator of Arabic and French.