Status Audio Magazine

{{langos!='ar'?"Issue "+guestData[0].issueNb:"عدد "+guestData[0].issueNb}}
{{langos!='ar'?item.title:item.arTitle}}
{{langos!='ar'?item.caption:item.arCaption}}
{{langos!='ar'?item.title:item.arTitle}}

ISSUE 5.1

The "Little Terrorist" and the Dream of Revolution

Omar Youssef Souleiman

Share
{{(itemEpisode.isfavorite?'removetofav':'addtofav')|translate}}
Photo: Cover for "The Little Terrorist"
Interviewed by Katty Alhayek
{{langos=='en'?('17/03/2018' | todate):('17/03/2018' | artodate)}}
{{('20'=='10'?'onEnglish':'20'=='20'?'onArabic':'20'=='30'?'onBoth':'') | translate}}

Omar Youssef Souleimane, a Syrian award-winning poet and journalist, discusses his new book Le Petit Terroriste “The Little Terrorist” (2018) which was published in French by Flammarion, Paris and reflects on the seventh anniversary of the Syrian Revolution. 

More on the author:

"The Little Terrorist" is published by Flammarion, and may be ordered on their website. 

To learn more about Omar Youssef Souleiman, along with information on previous and upcoming publications by the author, via his official website.

Guests

Omar Youssef Souleiman
Omar Youssef Souleiman

Born 50km north of Damascus; currently residing in Paris, France. 

Omar Youssef Souleiman is a Syrian award-winning poet and journalist, who was born in 1987 in Qoteifa, 50 km north of Damascus on the Qalamoun plateau. He left Syria in 2012 and resides now in Paris, France. In 2013, the French film director Elvina Attali produced a short film about his poems entitled I'm No Longer Anyone.

He has published several poems and book such as The Songs of Seasons (2006); Aghmed Aïni Wa Amchi (I Close My Eyes and I Walk Away) which was granted the Souad al Sabah Koweitien prize for poetry in 2011; and La Yanbaghi An Yamoutou (In No Case Should They Die) from Al Ghaoune publishers (2013). 

He published two bilingual books of poetry (in French and in Arabic): in 2014, Drunkers Are Not Seduced By Death (L'oreille Du Loup); and in 2016, Far Away From Damas (Loin De Damas). His latest book is a biographical novel titled Le Petit Terroriste “The Little Terrorist” (2018) which was published in French by Flammarion, Paris. 

Twitter: @omarsouleimane

read more