Twenty thousand copies of Nikos Kazantzakis’ essay “Ascetic”, translated by Saved Ahmad ali Bilal, titled “Sufism – Saviors of God”, was freely distributed by “Asafir” newspaper in Lebanon, “Al mada” and “Al ittihad” in Iraq, “Al bayan” of the United Arab Emirates, “Al kahira” in Egypt and “Al Qabass” in Kuwait, in their February 15th issues.
This was a result of an initiative taken by journalists and authors of the Arabic world who are fans of the work of the major Greek author. This was announced in an event of the International Association of Nikos Kazantzakis’ Friends in Beirut, professor of Philosophy and author, Iskandar Habbache.
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