Robin Yassin-Kassab

Second-generation Londoner Sami Traifi's life is in turmoil. Unsure where it
went wrong - or how to put it right - he makes a brief trip to visit relatives in
Damascus. But there - courtesy of a nasty family secret-things only seen to
get worse.
Back home in London, the non -believer Sami must face up to his fraying
marriage, his wife's decision to wear the hijab and her brother's hip-hop
Islamism. And these are the least of his problems. He wants to be a good
British citizen - but he's not sure what that means any more. He must ask
himself: what will i do in the name of belief? And won't i do? what do i love most?
The road from Damascus is a brave, funny and exhilarating contemporary
novel that asks questions about the choices we make, and ponders how these
choices affect not only us, but also those we love the most.… (meer)