Some Favorite Writers: Rabih Alameddine
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Rabih Alameddine is the author of the novels Koolaids and I, the Divine, the story collection The Perv, and most recently The Hakawati. Born in Amman, Jordan to Lebanese parents, Alameddine grew up in Kuwait and Lebanon and was educated in England and America. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship in 2002. He divides his time between San Francisco and Beirut.
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Rabih Alameddine. Photo: Elena Siebert. -
The Hakawati book cover. Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, 528 pages.
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