A Word on the Opening of a New House for the Word
After more than six years of unrelenting labor — years in which not a single moment of planning or revision came to rest, and in which the will to reshape my literary heritage in a spirit befitting our age, without forsaking its authenticity, never faltered — it gives me great pleasure to present to the honored reader the new digital garment of my works, on my literary and cultural website.
I did not wish this website to be a set of fleeting pages on a screen. I wanted it to be a house where the beautiful word resides, a platform wide enough for thought, a space where literature meets culture and knowledge — a place where the reader finds original texts, humane visions, and literary experiences that open onto many languages and cultures without ever abandoning their Arab identity or forsaking their roots.
This long journey could not have been completed without, first, the grace of God, and then the generosity of a distinguished circle of children, friends, and colleagues who believed in the idea from its earliest days and labored patiently until it turned from a dream into reality.
To all of them, my sincere thanks and deep appreciation:
The technical team, headed by:
- Engineer Fayez Numan Albarbari
- Engineer Zahera Numan Albarbari
The team of literary and linguistic review, headed by:
- Dr. Nonsia Deeb
The team of final revision and refinement, headed by:
- Dr. Khouloud Ali
The team of consultation on European languages, headed by:
- Frau Jooß
I would also like to acknowledge the German institution VG Wort, of which I am a member.
Each of them has left an honest mark upon this project; every effort had its impact, every idea its worth, every hour of work its share in the birth of this website.
I invite every lover of literature, culture, and thought to visit the website, to wander through its pages, and to share their views and remarks; for the honest word is the best aid to development and continuity.
The website also welcomes collaboration with writers, researchers, and cultural institutions, and receives requests for publication, promotion, and dissemination of literary, cultural, and intellectual content, as well as for the presentation of commercial and industrial products and services — in professional forms that serve the benefit of all parties.
If you believe this project deserves to reach others, visit the website and share it; introducing it to your friends and acquaintances is the greatest support you can offer it, and will have a tangible effect on the continuation and development of this work.
I ask God to make this project purely for His noble sake, beneficial to people, accepted in His sight, and a new window enriching the Arabic library, carrying the purposeful word to every reader, wherever they may be.
Welcome, most warmly, to a new house for the beautiful word, for knowledge, thought, and creativity.
And if you find on the website something worth reading, tell others of it; perhaps a single act of sharing will be the reason a beautiful idea reaches a reader who is still searching for it.
If you are a writer, a researcher, a project owner, or a representative of a cultural or commercial institution and wish for close collaboration, the door to contact stands warmly open.
📩 Contact by email: f@albarbari.com
The Author, Numan Albarbari
Numan Albarbari
is a Syrian writer and man of letters, currently residing in Backnang, in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
He writes in both Arabic and German, dedicating himself with particular passion to literary essays, socially engaged novels, and psychologically inspired narratives. His pedagogical experience is reflected in his work, allowing him to capture with rare depth the human soul, poised between the individual and society.
His literary output is conceived as a cultural bridge between East and West. Rooted in a life journey marked by ruptures and transformations, his writing unites the values of tradition and openness. Albarbari’s texts aspire to preserve, in a world of constant change, universal human and educational ideals, while renewing themselves in the literary realm.
For the translation of this novel from its original language, Arabic, into other languages, some electronic programs were employed, in an attempt to convey words and meanings to the reader with the utmost clarity. Nevertheless, some subtle nuances may have been lost, and certain images or phrasings may have shed the delicacy and depth they originally held. I therefore leave space for the reader’s mind and taste—to read between the lines, to feel the emotions, and to connect the events and ideas as they were intertwined in the author’s mind and in the text. It is the passionate reader who completes the story, who breathes true life into the words, and who transforms them into a unique experience that blends understanding with feeling.
Author’s Note
These novels are works of fiction. Their characters and events have been woven from the fabric of imagination, unfolding in a realm where reality and dream converge, where memory and imagination intertwine, and where truth reaches toward the horizon of possibility.
Should certain details or scenes bear a resemblance to events that have taken place at some point in time or in some corner of the world, such parallels are no more than a reflection of literature’s nature. Literature draws upon the shared experience of humanity and listens to its enduring questions, without seeking to recount actual events or portray identifiable individuals.
All names, nicknames, and characters appearing in these novels are entirely fictional. They have been created solely to shape the narrative world and to serve its artistic design. Any resemblance to living or deceased persons is purely coincidental and entirely unintended. Likewise, nothing in these works is meant to disparage any individual or institution, nor to allude—whether directly or indirectly—to any specific real-life event.
What lies between the covers of each of these books is neither a record of facts nor a chronicle of history. It is a journey in search of the human condition—through moments of joy and fracture, through emotions that transcend time and place, through questions that never cease to echo, and through stories in which readers may glimpse reflections of themselves, without those stories belonging to any one person in particular.
