Ebook {Epub PDF} The Mehlis Report by Rabee Jaber

A complex thriller, The Mehlis Report introduces English readers to a highly talented Arabic writer. When former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri is killed by a massive bomb blast, the U.N. appoints German judge Detlev Mehlisto conduct an investigation of the attack ― while explosions continue to rock Beirut/5(3). A complex thriller, The Mehlis Report introduces English readers to a highly talented Arabic writer. When former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri is killed by a massive bomb blast, the U.N. appoints German judge Detlev Mehlisto conduct an investigation of the attack — while explosions continue to rock www.doorway.ru: New Directions. The Mehlis Report, in English translation by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, is Jaber’s first to be offered to the American reader. At 42 years old, he’s produced some 16 books and has been awarded the International Arabic Fiction Prize. He also edits the culture page of a major Lebanon daily/5.

The Mehlis Report by Rabee Jaber, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid It is not often that a novel features an appearance by the ghost of a recently assassinated former prime minister as well as a. Book Review: 'The Mehlis Report' Alan Cheuse reviews a thriller The Mehlis Report a novel by Rabee Jaber that was recently translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. Rabee Jaber (Arabic: ربيع جابر ‎; born ) is a Lebanese novelist and journalist, born in Beirut, Lebanon.. Life. Jaber studied Physics at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He is also editor of Afaaq (in Arabic آفاق meaning Horizons in Arabic), the weekly cultural supplement of Al-Hayat daily pan-Arab international newspaper.. Rabee Jaber's books have been translated.

Alan Cheuse reviews a thriller The Mehlis Report a novel by Rabee Jaber that was recently translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I. Rabee Jaber’s The Mehlis Report, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zaid, is a genre-bending historico-fantastical murder-mystery that moves the borders between life and death. The novel centers on Lebanon’s highest-profile murder — that of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. . The Mehlis Report. Rabee Jaber. Translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. New Directions. "Beirut was, and is, a very real place," journalist Samir Kassir wrote in his mammoth history of Lebanon's capital, "whose playfulness and love of show and spectacle fail to conceal its inner seriousness." Kassir was killed in a car bombing in June , three and a half months after the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri's own assassination, along with 22 others, in a massive blast.