Signing of the novel "The Cemetery of the Great" by the expatriate novelist Moqbel Al-Mayaa in Thaqafi Al-Midan

Damascus - Sana

Literature in the Diaspora continues to form platforms for defense of homelands, as it did in the past, addressing major issues, chief among them Palestine, as this was evident in the recently released novel titled “The Cemetery of the Great” by the Syrian novelist Moqbel Al-Mayaa

The novel that Al-Mayaa signed today in Thaqafi al-Midan after he reprinted it in Arabic for the Syrian and Arab reader, a group of writers shone about it during a symposium that preceded the signing. It is not historical in the true sense, but it carries many symbols that the writer relied on.

Novelist Muhammad al-Hafri touched on the place that was small and became large in the space of the novel and extended to include the whole world with great personalities who had a role in history, considering that the novel of the Cemetery of the Greatest is neither political nor historical.

Novelist Muhammad al-Taher considered that what distinguishes the novel is that it is a comprehensive general that talks about many things, including the emotional and human states of the Arab man, using the symbolic description that is almost surreal in his work, which is located in 448 pages of medium cut, reviewing at the same time the biography of the author, his estrangement and his work in literature And in drama.

And the avant-garde novelist indicated that what prompted him to write the novel was to clarify the true image of the homeland in front of the West, pointing out that he did not mean good people, but he saw that there are positive greats like Gandhi and others negative like Hitler.

The seminar was moderated by Jamal Al-Zoubi, Director of Al-Maidan Center, and the door to discussion and dialogue was opened to the attendees, whose questions Al-Mayaa answered.

Bilal Ahmad