Prestigious French prize to Lebanese archaeologist, Dima Abdullah

Last Monday, Lebanese novelist, Dima Abdallah, won the “Anvuay Bar La Poste” award for her first novel “Moves Earp”, which reports events during the civil war through a wonderful story between a young girl and her father. The novel, published by “Sabine Weisspiser” is out in bookshops since Thursday. Recalling, that Dima Abdallah, a late antiquity archeologist, is the daughter of poet Mohamad Abdallah and writer Huda Barakat. She will receive the prize amounting to Euros 2500 on September 8 during a ceremony at Musee de la Poste (La Post Museum), according to An Nahar. The main events of the book start in 1983 during the peak of the Civil War which tore Lebanon apart. While bombs ruthlessly and indiscriminately shelled the capital Beirut, the young writer stayed brave as she was sure she will be safe in the presence of her “powerful” father, the intellectual guy who has never taken sides with any party and who passed on to her his love for plants. (An Nahar, August 27, 2020)