No_Knives_in_the_Kitchens_of_This_City
No Knives in the Kitchens of This City (Arabic: لا سكاكين في مطابخ هذه المدينة, romanized: La sakakin fi matabikh hadhihi al-madina) is a novel by the Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa.[1][2] The novel was first published in 2013 by Al Ain publishing house in Cairo. The novel was awarded the "Najib Mahfouz Prize for Literature" in 2013,[3] it was included in "Alqaseerah" final list of the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, known as the "Arab Booker Prize".[4]