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THE WORLDS OF Ali El Mokdad
Fictionthat stayswith you.
Stories of power, loyalty, memory, and the things that make us human. Explore the novels of Ali El Mokdad.
Dark stories. Real people. A more complex world.
Lebanese roots. Stories without borders.Scroll to discover
01 / The novels
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A wolf in chains. A man who cannot stay buried. A debt passed from father to son. Choose a cover. Step inside.
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“I don’t believe in perfect heroes or purely evil villains. I believe in human beings.”From the author's note
Still taking rootA forthcoming novel
Lily of the Valley
Even beauty has its poison.
Jonah builds birdhouses. His daughter Hazel notices what other people miss: a smile that never reaches the eyes, the small ways a person can be made to feel smaller. In the town of Hollis, some things are easier to overlook than to forgive.
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Lily of the Valley
Journal
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A piece of the life behind the page
Born in Lebanon. Writing from Calgary. The perspective I bring to my fiction.
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People are never simply good or evil
On loyalty, the choices that change us, and the people behind the stories.
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In the works: Lily of the Valley
A first glimpse of the forthcoming novel. Even beauty has its poison.
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Read samples from Fenrir, Koschei, and The Debt in the website’s new reader.
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