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Fadi Zaghmout

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Fadi Zaghmout

Jordan

Fadi Zaghmout holds an MA in creative writing and critical thinking from Sussex University in the UK. He is the author of the novels The Bride of Amman, Heaven on Earth, Laila, The Man of Middling Height, and Hope on Earth. His work has been translated into English, French, and Italian. 

Articles by Fadi Zaghmout

A black-and-white photo of two men and a women standing on a terrace, each framed in doorway
Photo by Fernando Rodrigues on Unsplash
from “The Amman Bride”
By Fadi Zaghmout
That way we could both have our own family, but carry on seeing each other in secret.
Translated from Arabic by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
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