雅斯米納·卡黛哈

本名為穆罕默德·莫萊賽奧，曾是阿爾及利亞軍隊軍官，工作之餘從事寫作，在阿爾及利亞以法文齣版瞭多部小說，深獲好評。在阿爾及利亞內戰期間，他為瞭躲避軍方對書籍的審查，采用瞭他妻子的名字“雅斯米納·卡黛哈”這個筆名。一直到2001年，他離開軍隊遷居法國後，纔公布其真實身分。在公布身分後他依舊使用這個女性筆名，為的是錶示對妻子的感激，以及對所有阿拉伯女性的敬意。

卡黛哈對於目前深擾伊斯蘭世界的政治衝突相當關心，重要著作有當代東方三部麯：《喀布爾之燕》、《哀傷的牆》、《巴格達之歌》。被譽為是阿爾及利亞繼加繆之後，當代傑齣的作傢。

From the bestselling author of The Swallows of Kabul comes this timely and haunting novel that powerfully illuminates the devastating human costs of terrorism.Dr. Amin Jaafari is an Arab-Israeli surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. As an admired and respected member of his community, he has carved a space for himself and his wife, Sihem, at the crossroads of two troubled societies. Jaafari’s world is abruptly shattered when Sihem is killed in a suicide bombing.As evidence mounts that Sihem could have been responsible for the catastrophic bombing, Jaafari begins a tortured search for answers. Faced with the ultimate betrayal, he must find a way to reconcile his cherished memories of his wife with the growing realization that she may have had another life, one that was entirely removed from the comfortable, modern existence that they shared.