Bassam Kurdi, publisher of the joint winners, is sure that if Ms Alem's novel were banned at home, it would still find its way to readers: "Even those making the rules aren't very convinced by them."

获奖作家们的的出版商Bassam Kurdi确信尽管阿兰的小说在国内被封禁，读者还是有办法读到的。“那些制定规则的人自己也不太相信规则。”

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Like Alan Kurdi, a 2-year-old Syrian whose drowned body was discovered on a beach in Turkey, and Omran Daqneesh, dazed and bloodied after his home in Aleppo was bombed, Bana has touched a nerve.

库尔迪是一名溺亡的两岁叙利亚幼童，其遗体在土耳其的海滩上被人发现； 达克尼什则是因为在阿勒颇的家遭到轰炸，被救出时满脸迷惑、满身是血。

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Outnumbered rebels eventually were forced to withdraw from both gates, al-Kurdi said.

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"I receive soldiers daily, " el Kurdi added.

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