← Ghada al-SammanNocturnal Butterfliesby Ghada al-SammanFind on Amazon↗About the authorGhada al-SammanSyrian novelist and journalist known for her surrealist, politically charged fiction about Arab women and the trauma of war. Beirut Nightmares, set during the Lebanese Civil War, is her most internationally recognized work.More by Ghada al-SammanBeirut NightmaresStories depicting existential dread in wartime Beirut→The Square Moon→Your Eyes Are My Destiny→Love in the Rain→