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Rabih Alameddine

Rabih Alameddine

by OMB Staff on July 21, 2008

Rabih AlameddineRabih Alameddine (b. 1959) is a Lebanese American painter and writer. He was born in Jordan to Lebanese parents and has lived in Kuwait, Lebanon, England, and the United States. He began his career as an engineer, then moved to writing and painting. He is the author of two novels—Koolaids and I, the Divine—as well as The Perv, a collection of short stories, and most recently, The Hakawati.  He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in San Francisco and Beirut.

Bibliography

* Koolaids: The Art of War (April 1998)
* The Perv (June 1999)
* I, the Divine: A Novel in First Chapters (October 2001)
* The preface of Homophobia: Views and Positions (May 2006)
* The Hakawati or The Storyteller (April 2008)

Source: Wikipedia contributors, “Rabih Alameddine,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rabih_Alameddine&oldid=226177697 (accessed July 21, 2008).

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Rabih Alameddine: The Hakawati

by Rachel BakerMay 12, 2008 Reviews

‘The Hakawati’ is a plethora of tales of heroism, magic, death, victory, love, sex, redemption and lies, and just about everything else you can imagine woven into one story about one guy and his family roots. The main character travels back to his childhood home in Beirut to stand watch at his father’s death bed. [...]

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