Noura Ghazi Safadi

Waiting Noura Ghazi Safadi

Waiting... is a prose book by Noura Ghazi Safadi, a Syrian human rights lawyer, born in Damascus in 1981, written to her husband Bassel Khartabil Safadi over a three year period from 2012-2015, while he was imprisoned by the Syrian government in Damascus. Bassel Khartabil Safadi is a Palestinian Syrian free software developer born in 1981. On March 15, 2012, Bassel was detained in the Mazzeh district of Damascus. Until October 2015, he was being held at Adra Prison in Damascus by the Syrian government. His current whereabouts are unknown. There were rumours that Bassel was sentenced to death, but the credibility of this information has not been confirmed. Bassel translated this book into English while serving time in Adra prison. The cover design was created and donated by Mr. Youssef Abdalki. This is a bilingual edition of the book with English and Arabic on facing pages.