With the participation of: 

Luz Gómez García, a professor with the Department of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. 

Karim Hauser, who is responsible for the Governance Area at Casa Árabe. 

León Rodríguez Zahar, a writer and advisor to the Embassy of Mexico in Madrid.

And the book’s author. 

A group of teenagers –friends still driven by the love and affection they hold for each other– begin their sexual awakening in an ambience tainted by hatred, weapons and ambition. With highly visual and poetic language, Salum gets readers caught up in the reconstruction of a beautifully told story in which she allows us to watch the awakening of that early world to the deceit of those in power. 

The author 

Rose Mary Salum is the founder and director of the bilingual journal “Literal, Latin American Voices” and Literal Publishing. She has authored the short story books Delta de las arenas, cuentos árabes, cuentos judíos (Delta of the Sands: Arab Tales, Jewish Tales, 2013), Entre los espacios (2002) (Spaces in Between, 2006) and Vitrales (1994). In 2009, she put together the compilation titled “Almalafa and Calligraphy: Literature of Arab origin in Latin America,” for the journal Hostos Review. The distinctions and acknowledgments which she has received for her literary and editing work include Author of the Year 2008 from the Hispanic Book Festival, Ana María Matute (Torremozas), the Hispanic Excellence Award, four Lone Star Awards, 2 CELJ Awards, the Classical Award given by the University of St. Thomas, an acknowledgment from the United States Congress and two nominations: the Nora Magid Award bestowed by Pen America (2013) and the Maggie Award (2005). She has taught at Rice University, the University of Saint Thomas and the University of Iowa.