“On the Account of Absence” by Qais Nimr: A Novel About Love, War, and Forgetting

Nidaa Al Watan: “Dar Al-Mu’allif” has published a novel titled “On the Account of Absence” by writer Qais Nimr. The novel revolves around love that does not end when its beloved is gone, war that can only be told in the voice of those who remain, and writing as the only way we resist forgetting. “Manar,” the protagonist of “On the Account of Absence,” returns to…