The Daily Star has Simon Sturdee's AFP profile of Author Rafik Schami fears for post-Assad Syria -- and:
Schami says he has no plans to move back to Syria once Assad's regime has fallen, although he says he has been asked to play a political role.One of his books is also the centerpiece of Vienna's Eine Stadt. Ein Buch. ('One city, one book') this year, where they hand out 100,000 free copies.