Jordanian Novelist Elias Farkouh Dies at 72

Name: Book Launch: Mona Kareem’s ‘I Will Not Fold These Maps,’ Tr. Sara Elkamel
Start: 2023-05-14T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-05-14T18:00:00+01:00

Jordanian author Elias Farkouh died today — Wednesday, July 15 — after an acute heart attack. He was 72:

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