Mina Simpson News Today

In “The Wrong End of the Telescope”, Rabih Alameddine draws us away from the headlines and into the personal story of one individual. Mina is complex, compelling and very real. By pulling us into her life and allowing us to see Lesbos through her eyes, the reality of the refugee camp comes alive. Richard Marcus read the book

A Lebanese-American transgender doctor finds echoes of her own history in a Syrian refugee camp on a Greek island. A tou...

A beautiful and enraging novel about a trans doctor’s attempts to help Syrian refugees

Rabih Alameddine speaks about being in love with the characters in his new novel, “The Wrong End of the Telescope."