Elias Khoury is a Lebanese novelist, playwright, and journalist.  He edited the Al-Mulhaq, which became known as the "tribune of opposition" paper in Beirut, and he's often outspoken about Middle East political issues, like helping to establish the Democratic Left Movement.  We talk to Elias about writing about controversial politics as a journalist and novelist.

 

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Elias Khoury, journalist and author, As Though She Were Sleeping