Title: Yālū
First published: 2008
Description: Yalo was a soldier in Lebanon's civil war. Then he was a deserter, a thief, a nightwatchman in Paris, an arms smuggler and a rapist. Under torture, he confesses his crimes, his memories, his sorrow and guilt.
Subjects: Rape, Robbery, False imprisonment, Fiction, Young men, Gangs, Torture, Prisoners, Fiction, psychological, Lebanon, history, civil war, 1975-1990, fiction, Mothers and sons, Confession (Law), History, Lebanon, fiction, Fiction, romance, general
Places: Lebanon, Libanon
Time periods: Civil War, 1975-1990, 1990-