My 30th short story: “The Storyteller Of Damascus”

Many of my short stories are sparked off by some experience I’ve had. Four and a half years ago, I went on a holiday to Syria and, while in the capital city of Damascus, I attended a storytelling in a bar. This inspired my short story “The Storyteller Of Damascus” which you can read here.

A week or so after, we left Syria and passed into neighbouring Lebanon, the civil war began. The death toll is now estimated to be around 250,000, some 7.6 million have been internally displaced, and 4.1 million have fled the country. If you want to know what Syria was like before the war, check out the account of our visit here.


 




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