Omar Youssef Souleimane

Omar Youssef Souleimane is a French Syrian writer born in 1987 in Qoteyfeh, Syria. He studied Arabic literature and worked as a journalist in Syria before moving to France in 2012. Since his exile, he has published four novels: Le petit terroriste, Le dernier Syrien, Une chambre en exil, and Être Français, and five poetry collections, the last of which, Loin de Damas, won Prix poète en résistance. In 2022, Le Petit terroriste was adapted to stage.