Lilas Taha

Lilas Taha is a writer at heart, an electrical engineer by training and an advocate for domestic abuse victims by choice. She was born in Kuwait to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father, and immigrated to the US following the Gulf War. Lilas' first book, Bitter Almonds, won the International Book Awards 2017 in the category of Fiction-Multicultural.

Books

Found in Thyme

Author(s):

Lilas Taha

Publisher:

Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press

Published:

January 2023

A man’s dying wish unearths a tumultuous past and brings together two lost souls searching for the missing pieces that will make them whole again…each other. When a horrific terrorist attack rocks the airport Sami Amara happens to be...

Bitter Almonds

Author(s):

Lilas Taha

Publisher:

Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (formerly known as Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing)

Published:

August 2015

Omar is an orphaned Palestinian born into chaos and compelled by forces beyond his control to find his place in the world. He only has one thing to hold onto: a love that drives him. Nadia is young and idealistic. Her attempts to be oblivious to...

Bitter Almonds

Author(s):

Lilas Taha

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing

Published:

August 2015

Omar is an orphaned Palestinian born into chaos and driven by forces beyond his control to find his place in the world. He has only one thing to hold on to: a love that propels him forward. Nadia is young and idealistic. Her attempts to be...

Lost in thyme

Author(s):

Lilas Taha

Publisher:

Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press

Published:

October 2018

Sami Amara, heir to the Amara & Sons Construction Company, has been plagued by visions of a mysterious red-haired girl that he just cant place. When his father suddenly dies, he is confronted with a past that he never knew existed: a...