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An internationally renowned art dealer. A cache of Nazi-looted masterpieces. A murder investigation stretching from Britain to Morocco.Set at the close of the 1960s, Old Masters in Marrakesh follows Max Marwell as he searches for stolen works of art while confronting the legacy of the Holocaust, family history, and the cost of vengeance. As the worlds of art, crime and international politics collide, the lines between justice and obsession begin to blur. James Debens is a writer, journalist and editor at Newsweek. His career has included The Mirror, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The Guardian, bringing a journalist’s eye for detail and history to this compelling literary novel. 📖 Publishing 4 August 2026Pre-order now at afsana-press.com#OldMastersInMarrakesh #JamesDebens #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction #ArtHistory NaziLootedArt BookstagramUK IndiePublisher AfsanaPress BooksComingSoon ReadIndependen by @goranbabaali
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New book by Afsana Press coming soon:Old Masters in Marrakesh, a novel by James Debens.Synopsis:Max Marwell is caught between running his global art business and dealing with his own past and that of the Jewish people. Born and raised in Linz, Austria, the hometown of Hitler and Eichmann, he is obsessed with avenging the deaths of his parents and the restitution of art looted by the Nazis. Masterpieces are traced, bought, and transported to Casablanca and Marrakesh, as Max is pursued through North Africa and France. His adventures entangle him with a murder case, hunted by French police and Interpol. The novel offers a peek into the art world and the way it sometimes overlaps with less salubrious circles.Set in Morocco and Britain at the end of 1969, the year of UK decimalisation and the Moon Landing, the novel examines how people who are inclusive and forward-looking thrive at these moments of change. At the time, Marrakesh was a meeting point for visionaries like Yves Saint Laurent and romantics looking for a continuation of the summer of love. Internationally renowned art dealer Max Marwell wishes for his son to take over his Mayfair art gallery, but the younger Marwell is an addict. Max is shipping art but also pure heroin within the crated masterpieces; this is so his son does not die from a bad dose. As the world winds into the 1970s, and as Max finds new love and breaks away from vengeance, the world of the Marwells changes drastically.​​Cover image: © Goran Baba AliA modified photo taken in Marrakesh by @goranbabaali
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We had a wonderful presentation of our book, The Resurrected by Joost Hiltermann at the prestigious Bradford Literature Festival (one of the top three largest literary festivals in the UK) yesterday, 12 July.Joost was interviewed by acclaimed author and historian Eugene Rogan from Oxford University. It was a heartwarming conversation. Thank you Eugene Rogan, and thank you so much @bradfordlitfest by @goranbabaali
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Hope to see you all today:We’re happy to announce our next exhibition for British-Kurdish artist Mariwan Jalal:11 July – 12 August 2026Opening reception:Saturday, 11 July, 3:00–6:00 pmat House of Afsana Gallery56-58 The Old High Street, Folkestone CT20 1RN by @goranbabaali
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Our wonderful author Joost Hiltermann and his novel, The Resurrected, at Bradford Literature Festival: Sunday, 12 July, at 10:45 am.After a conversation with historian and Oxford University professor Eugene Rogan, Joost will sing his book.Hope to see you there... by @goranbabaali
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I would love to invite you to the opening of my exhibition at our gallery House of Afsana in Folkestone this Friday, 12 June, at 5-6:30 pm, with drinks and nibbles. by @goranbabaali
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Today in Sulaimaniya:Our author, prominent writer and researcher Joost Hiltermann will be holding two events in Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region, tomorrow, 8 June. In the morning, at 10:30, he will be in conversation with Dr Bilal Wahab at the American University of Iraqi- Sulaimani (AUIS), organised by Kashkul Books.Then in the evening, at 18:00, Joost will be in conversation with journalist Asos Hardi at the Amna Suraka (The Red Amn) garden, organised by Westga News.Joost will be signing the books for the readers at both events.Many thanks to the organisers. We hope you will enjoy the events. by @goranbabaali
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#folkestone seems to be where it’s at these days. If you happen to rock up there, do visit the @houseafsana in the creative quarter, the home of @afsana_press and @goranbabaali to look at and get some books and you know, some art! 🤩 🏝️☀️@creativefstone by @goranbabaali
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The Almond Garden of Kabul is not only a place of confinement, but a window onto a wounded country, and onto the women who keep their humanity alive within its fractures.During my visits to Kabul’s women’s prison, I often felt that the prison contained the wider country in miniature: its betrayals, hierarchies, tenderness, humour, and fierce will to survive. by @goranbabaali
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Afsana Press invites you to celebrate with us the publication of our new book, THE RESURRECTED by Dutch writer and researcher Joost Hiltermann on Wednesday, 22 April (6:30-8:30 pm) at the wonderful Kollectiv cultural centre in Folkestone.The book will be officially released by Afsana Press on 5 May, and can already be purchased via any bookshop or from our website:www.afsana-press.comThis powerful work of fiction reimagines the harrowing true story of two young men who survived the Anfal genocide in Iraqi Kurdistan. Based on the author's extensive documentary research and testimonies collected during his time with Human Rights Watch (1992–1994), the novel follows their separate escapes from Saddam Hussein's killing fields and their eventual journeys to America. It is a profound story of luck, nerve, perseverance, and the complex, split-soul lives of first-generation immigrants.According to Lyse Doucet, the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, Joost Hiltermann "colourfully reimagines a forgotten story that once shaped our times in an ambitious quilt of compelling tales, cleverly brought together with a novelist's skill, a scholar's depth, and the empathy of a journalist."Afsana Press is proud to give this book particular attention for its significant subject and literary merits, offering a unique and innovative way of recounting the story of the Anfal and honouring the memory of its survivors. by @goranbabaali
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We would love to invite you to our new exhibition WOUNDED MEMORY for a group of Kurdish artists reflecting on the atrocities of the Anfal Campaign against the Kurds in Iraq. Paintings, drawings and ceramics.Join us for the opening with a drink on Saturday, 18 April, 5-6:30 PM at our gallery, House of Afsana in Folkestone, UK.The exhibition will continue until 15 May.Address: 56-58 The Old High Street, CT20 1RNAll welcome!This exhibition is curated by Mariwan Jalal, coinciding with the publication of THE RESURRECTED, a novel by Dutch writer Joost Hiltermann, also about Anfal. The book will be released by Afsana Press on 5 May, and will be pre-launched on 21 April in London and on 22 April in Folkestone.The book can already be purchased via any bookshop or from our website:www.afsana-press.com by @goranbabaali
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What a wonderful news to share:Our author Mandana Hendessi singed the French translation of her novel The Almond Garden of Kabul, published first by Afsana Press in English. Congratulations to Mandana! We hope more successes will follow.If you haven't read the book, we think you should. It's truly an unique, intriguing story. Don't miss out on this. You can purchase it via any bookshop of online retailers, or via our website from any place in the world: www.afsana-press.com by @goranbabaali
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