Zouheir Shalabi (born 1943) is a Syrian novelist born in al-Tall, a suburb of Damascus. He was a soldier, a diplomat, and a businessman. He settled in Cyprus. He was active in social and cultural activities in his region and a member of the Arab Writers Union. Zouheir Shalabi has published eleven works, including epic novels, short stories, reflections, and his own free verse poetry, in addition to several distinctive and humanistic screenplays.
The updated table for 2025 is as follows: (Works from newest to oldest):
1- The Ship of Life - The Epic Philosophical Novel of the Age
2- Flames of Pleasure - A Novel Beyond Limits
These are vast realms, where literature and art meet.
Here the soul dwells, in the embrace of humanity,
as if it were an eternal promise—when preserved, and where preserved.
Words become life, and man loves man.
In these realms lie oases of literature, art, and humanity.
We do not clash with narrow minds nor with closed horizons; with the word we plant love and open the realms of humanity.
I gathered these words from my mother’s tears; tears that fell upon the earth as though awakening dormant seeds in the desert of our world.