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Literature: Omar Youssef Souleiman, Syrian refugee in the French language

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Omar Youssef Souleiman.

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By: Pascal Paradou

A young Syrian refugee dreams of starting a new life in France.

Temporarily installed in Bobigny, what he sees, what he hears brings back snippets of what he fled...

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Guest: Omar Youssef Souleiman.

Born in 1987 in Damascus, and arrived in France in 2012 as a political refugee. 

"A room in exile" is his third book, published by Flammarion.

This year, he voted for the first time, he will react to the results of the presidential election.

Chronicle Elsewhere in Chile with

Pablo Fante, Franco-Chilean poet, translator, videographer.

He will tell us about the “

Poesia Viva”

cycle  at the

French Institute in Chile

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