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“Ghada Samman’s rebellion in the middle of the twentieth century was a slap in the face of a conservative Levantine society that did not believe in freedom of women reaching beyond their drawn boundaries, and a slap to bourgeois society that refused a working or divorced woman. Farewell, Damascus is a new slap by the author to the ‘barbarians’ of Syria who want women to live like prisoners in a bottle” – Maya al-Hajj – Al-Hayat Newspaper
“Ghada Samman condensed her narrative, brimming with delight. This 200 page novel is full of ideas, opinions and attitudes, that are being expressed with the writer’s usual calm, and only freedom has its unique and very special voice, within the symphony that aims towards a better tomorrow for the people.” – Zahra Mar’ae – Alquds Alarabi
“At the core of Samman’s writing is a cry for individual liberty… her work exhibits a boldness that defies restriction… her interesting blend of surrealism and verisimilitude, allows her to be simultaneously poetic and political in her prose writing… Samman’s perceptive and creative works seem to function as literary wake-up calls for those willing to listen.” - Pauline Homsi Vinson - Al Jadid Magazine
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