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Born in Syria in 1946, Schami is the son of a baker from a Syriac-Christian family. After attending a monastery boarding school in Lebanon, he studied chemistry, mathematics, and physics in Damascus. In 1970, left Syria for Lebanon to evade censorship and the military draft; the following year, he moved to Germany. There, Schami continued his studies in chemistry while working odd jobs, obtaining a doctorate in 1979.
Novels
A Hand Full of Stars (1990)
Damascus Nights (1993)
The Dark Side of Love (2009)
The Calligrapher's Secret (2010)
Sophia (2018)
Damascus Nights (1993)
The Dark Side of Love (2009)
The Calligrapher's Secret (2010)
Sophia (2018)
Picture Books show
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Rafik Schami
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 7)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
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