Born in Syria where she still lives, Myriam Antaki has been bilingual since her childhood. She writes in French. She has written three novels: La Bien-aim茅e (Orban, 1985, Prix de l鈥橝miti茅 Franco-Arabe) ; Les Caravanes du soleil (Gallimard, 1991) ; Les Versets du pardon, dedicated to Palestine, published in the United States where it received the Hemingway Reward.