“The Ninety-Ninth Floor”
Author Jana El-Hassan talks about her book, The Ninety-Ninth Floor that was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2015. The story unfolds between the 1982 massacre at Sabra and Shatila in Lebanon and life in the city of New York in 2000. It follows the struggles and triumphs of Majed as he makes it in Manhattan at the turn of the century, after surviving the devastating 1982 massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp.
