...In the lobby of the reception center at the camp, Faiq Al-Matarji stood before a large map on the wall and began to watch: the Euphrates enters at Al-Qa'im coming from Syria, its chest swelling to reveal the marshes in the heart of Iraq. Meanwhile, the Tigris enters at Faysh Khabur, it too refusing to reach Iraq before watering Syria. Then the two rivers unite at Qarmat Ali, embracing the marshes of Iraq between their arms for thousands of years. They then stroll together near Basra, to pour the earth's worries into the lantern's flame at Shatt al-Arab, in a gulf whose name has yet to be settled! (From the novel)

Also by the author:

• Hadid al-Madafi' (novel), Lebanese Advertising Foundation, 2011.
• 'Ala Difaf al-Murish (novel), Lebanese Advertising Foundation, 2011.
• Al-Bawaba al-Sirnamiyya (reflections), 2011.
• Lebanon from Phoenician Statelets to Sectarian Federalism (3 volumes), Dar Al-Farabi, 2013.

Publishing House: Dar Al-Farabi for Publishing and Distribution
Number of Pages: 160
Year of Publication: 2014
Cover Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9786144321980