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, Syria. Jan Dost is a recipient of the Galawej Award (a prize in

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). Jan Dost has also translated several Kurdish and

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works into the Arabic language, including

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, one of the most famous Kurdish works, written by

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Works

Novels

* Mijabad (in Kurdish). Diyarbakir 2004 * Sê gav û sê darek (in Kurdish). Avesta, Istanbul 2007 * Mîrname (in Kurdish). Avesta, Istanbul 2008 * Martînê Bextewer (in Kurdish). Avesta, Istanbul 2011 * Asheeq the Translator (عشيق المترجم, in Arabic). Waraq Publishing, Dubai 2013 * Blood on the Minaret (دم على المئذنة, in Arabic). Maqam, Kairo 2013 * The Bells of Rome (نواقيس روما, in Arabic). Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut 2017 * Kobani (in Kurdish) Dara, Diyarbakir 2017 * a safe Korridor (ممر آمن in Arabic). Miskiliani, Tunis 2019 * A Green Bus leaving Aleppo, ( باص أخضر يغادر حلب In Arabic). Al Mutawaset, Milano 2019 * The manuscript of Petersburg. ( مخطوط بطرسبورغ in Arabic) Miskiliani, Tunis 2020 * Cordyceps. (الكوردي سيبس in Arabic). Damascus. 2020

Translations

(from Kurdish into Arabic). Damaskus 1995. Duhok 2016. Kairo 2016

Poetry

* Dîwana Jan. Avesta, Istanbul 2008 * Kela Dimdimê. Bonn 1991; Istanbul 2008 * A Song for Kurdistan's Eyes (in Kurdish). Syria 1996 * Poems which the War has Forgotten in the Poet's Pocket. (in Arabic). Amman. 2019

References

Jan Dost and his work in Alabjad (Arabic)

SBS; Interview with the Kurdish writer Jan Dost
* Jordi, T. (2009). "Syria's Kurds, History, Politics and Society," Routledge, US. .
Khal Khaleej Times; Kalima publishes Arabic version of Kurdish book
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