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24-26 March 2023

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Omar Youssef Souleimane

Syrie-France



Omar Youssef Souleimane is a journalist and poet. He lived for part of his adolescence in Saudi Arabia. In 2011, when he was a journalist, he took part in demonstrations in Damascus and Homs against the state of emergency. To avoid prison, he left Syria for France where he has been granted asylum. He has published a poetry collection, Loin de Damas, a memoir in 2018, Le petit terroriste, and two novels, Le Dernier Syrien in 2020 and Une chambre en exil in 2022.

Omar Youssef Souleimane est journaliste et poète. Il a passé une partie de son adolescence en Arabie Saoudite Alors qu’il est journaliste, il participe en 2011 aux manifestations à Damas et Homs contre l’état d’urgence. Afin d’éviter la prison, il quitte la Syrie pour la France qui lui accorde l’asile en 2012. Il a publié aux Éditions Le temps des cerises un recueil de poèmes, Loin de Damas, un récit en 2018, Le petit terroriste et deux romans, Le Dernier Syrien en 2020, et Une chambre en exil en 2022.

Writers

We welcome this year 11 writers of French, English and Irish languages


Rémi David

France 

Martine Delvaux

Québec

Rokhaya Diallo

France

Claire Kilroy

Ireland

Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin

Ireland

Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Ireland

Laura Nsafou

France

Donal Ryan

Ireland

Omar Youssef Souleimane

Syrie-France

David Toms

Norway-Ireland

Sophie White

Ireland

Presented by

Alliance Française Dublin
French Embassy in Ireland
Dublin Unesco

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