Novels

The Cancer (Al-Saratan):

It was firstly issued in 1987 by the publishing house of Mohammed Ali El-Hami in Tunis, then in 1988 by Al-Hewar in Syria and then in 1995 by Al-Fikra in Aleppo. It is about the story of Abdullah who came back from Argentine, where he was immigrant, after he had been suffering from an incurable disease. It is the story of originality, longing for childhood and attitude to both self and the world.

 

The North Winds – The Small Market:

(Riyah Al-Shimal)

It was published in 1989 by Al-Hewar Publishing house in Syria. It is an epic of the First World War and of self-consciousness after many centuries of the Turkish Ottoman colonialism. It looks into the war from the view points of its characters who are from the city of Aleppo, and it observes the enlightenment of the national consciousness at that time. It depicts the life of people, hunger and poverty through the story of three young men who are dispatched to different battlefronts, so the war determines the destiny of each one in a different way from the other.

The Small Market is the title of the first part of the trilogy of The North Winds.

 

The Pastoral Comedy (Al-komedia Al-fallahiya):

Published by the author in Damascus in 1990. It is about the tribes who leave the desert because of its tribal struggles and go to settle in a Bedouin quarter around the city of Aleppo. These people infiltrate into the city, exerting an influence on it. The spirit of tribal society prevails throughout the urban society.

 

The North Winds – 1917:

It is the second part of the trilogy of The North Winds. It was published in 1993 by Al-Enmaa Al-Hadari in Aleppo. Here we follow the development of the characters we have known in the first part

 

A Case of a Passion (Halet Shaghaff):

It was published in 1998 by Attia Publishing House in Beirut. It looks closely at the realm of women and feminine music and singing during the thirties of the 20^th century in Aleppo. It is an interesting novel about a case of a passion for a woman that has affected both men and women. It is the case of a passion for a woman and a passion for the tale which later affects the reader.

 

The Noise And Silence (AL Samt Wa AL Sakhab):

It is the writer’s latest novel. It was published in 2004 by Dar Al Adab Publishing House in Beirut. The novel describes lengthily one of the hero’s longest days, in which the brutal authorities imposed upon him silence and deprived him of his basic liberties because he opposes the dictator.

 

The Silk Market (Khan Al-Harir):

The original novel of the widely known TV serial which was shot and telecast in the beginning of 1996 and was greatly welcomed by viewers. Its events take place in the fifties of the 20^th century in Syria where a serious political conflict had taken place and led to the union between Syria and Egypt. This serial depicts the social, economic and political life at the time. The romance and the social struggle are dominant in it.

The novel was published in 2005 by Kanaan Publishing House in Damascus.