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May the Lord bless his family and give peace and comfort in their loss. If you want a short intro to my time in Syria, you can check out these pieces: He was a kind, patient, honest, and gentle hearted man. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review. Though in the US this month, I'm currently living in Amman, Jordan, where I'm doing research for a novel set in the 1800's. NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. I'd love to talk about Syria, Arabic (I speak Arabic), unconventional love-stories, and what it's been like to work with a large press to bring this book to fruition. My book is inspired by a Fulbright Fellowship I did in Syria, where I studied with a women's mosque movement and lived with the family of a leading intellectual and activist. The deteriorating political situation poses a particular threat to Baba, an anti-government activist who has already served 10 years in jail, and Adel must face the wrath of his powerful. Hello! I'm Emily Robbins, the author of A Word for Love, which came out with Riverhead Books recently. She maintains this oddly distanced stance, preoccupied with abstract musings such as the number of words for love in Arabic, even as events grow menacing.
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