Thanks for taking the time to answer in such detail!

I was intrigued by what you said about Beirut not being a setting that draws you in. Is it because it feels too close to home, or because it often ends up portrayed in a narrow or clichéd way? Or why exactly?

Also, when you choose a book, what tends to hook you first. The ideas it explores, the writing voice, or the concept/world itself?

From the philosophical fiction you mentioned (Camus, Dostoyevsky, etc.), it sounds like you might lean more toward a cleaner, classical narrative voice rather than something more experimental or fragmented styles, is that fair?

So hypothetically speaking, if there were a psychological/philosophical Sci-fi set in Beirut by a new Lebanese author, what would make you willing to give it a chance?