The Brothers, by Milton Hatoum, is translated into Arabic
The novel that shows the conflict between the twins Omar and Yaqub, sons of Lebanese immigrants living in the state of Amazonas, was released in 2000 in Brazil and in the country alone sold 30,000 copies. The author, son of a Lebanese father and Brazilian mother, is one of the rare Brazilians edited in Arabic, says Safa Jubran, the University of São Paulo (USP) professor responsible for the translation. According to her, contact between the Arab community and the national authors is still small,
By Mark Ament
