The first annotated edition of Syrian writer Nihad Sireess The Silence and the Roar created for the Arabic language classroomAlSamt waalSakhab The Silence and the Roar is an awardwinning novella by Syrian author Nihad Sirees. This editionabridged and in the original Arabic with vocabulary aids reading questions and supplementary materialsintroduces intermediate and advanced Arabic language students to the world of contemporary Arab literature.In AlSamt waalSakhab Sirees weaves an Orwellian tale of freedom love and resistance amid a backdrop of bureaucracy and despotism. Fathi Sheen is a writer living in an unnamed Middle Eastern country whose work has been silenced by the ruling government and its despotic leader.