God’s Soldiers
Fawaz Haddad
In an action-packed story set in modern-day Iraq, a father goes in search of his son who has joined Al-Qaeda, hoping to take him back to Syria. Despite the protection of the American and Syrian Secret Services, the father is kidnapped by his adversaries and, along the way, finds himself in an audience with the real-life character Abu Muses al-Zarqawi, once Iraq’s most notorious insurgent.
Nomination
2011 Longlist
Fawaz Haddad
Country of origin Syria
About the author
Fawaz Haddad is a Syrian novelist born in Damascus. A full-time writer since 1988, he has published 10 novels and a collection of short stories. He has served as a judge for several prizes for the novel in Syria. In 2009, he was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction for The Unfaithful Translator and his most recent novel, God's Soldiers, was longlisted for the 2011 Prize.