The Bell and the Minaret Author(s):Nizar Chakroun and the strange story of

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The year is 1368 and Granada is under threat from violent extremists

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A mixture of personal stories

The Bell and the Minaret Author(s):Nizar Chakroun and the strange story ofA captivating novel that unfolds in the philosophical world of Walid, a young man whose passion for cinema elicits dreams of traveling to France to study and produce films that personify his questions about religion, life, and loss. His hopes and dreams of escaping his mundane life, taking with him the French girl next door in whom he finds a proxy for the love of his deceased sister, are suddenly shattered when Walid is accused of murdering a