Before Donald Trump, I was not worried. To be honest with you, when I came to the United States, I felt freedom right away. But after Trump, I became….

Some of my good friends who were writers disappeared. Others are still inside Syria and there are others who are refugees. I'm worried about those wh….

Since I was a teenager, I had wanted to come to the United States to establish my name as a writer and to establish my freedom. As a writer and artis….

At the beginning of the Syrian conflict, I was optimistic. But now, I'm pessimistic, because it's so complicated. It's much worse than before. The wh….

Weakness is worse than cancer, I think. It's a kind of psychological or spiritual cancer. And if you have a goal in your life, you'll get psychologic….

When you have a goal to reach, you will be strong automatically. And you will be patient automatically. If you don't have a goal, your life will be a….

I'm writing a novel about the Syrian war. It will be completely different from my short stories. I have to address my feelings directly because I can….

As a writer, my weapon is my pen. I want to create more awareness about the people in Syria. This is the most important issue: protecting civilians i….

I was afraid that something would happen to me. But at the same time I was lucky, because some writers were tortured and jailed. I always used metaph….

To see your country being destroyed from afar - it's very hard to only watch and do nothing. My writing is the only way to address my feelings about ….

I left most of my stuff there in my apartment in the suburbs of Damascus. My apartment was completely destroyed by a bomb in 2013. I lost everything ….

Despite everything - despite all this hatred, despite all this misunderstanding between nations and civilizations - I think love is the end. Love is ….

There's a lot of sympathy, but some people in America don't care. They think Syria is a very faraway place and that it's none of their business..

Some people think that the Syrian people are from another planet. On the contrary, I think that we all live inside the same boat, on the same planet.….

I'm homesick. But I cannot go back to Syria. I lost everything. And I'm against the Syrian regime, so there is no way to go back. I'm really homesick..

I have written some stories about weakness. I believe that punishment for a weak man is doubled. So when I feel upset, I always try to fool myself an….

Life is not easy. Life is very harsh. We have to be strong. Otherwise, life will destroy us..

I write in Arabic and prefer writing my stories by hand. I need a cup of tea or coffee when I write. When I was in Syria, I was addicted to tea, but ….