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Rashid El Daif (Arabic: رشيد الضعيف) (or Rasheed Al-Daif, Rachid El-Daïf, Rachid Al-Daif) (born 6 August 1945) is a Lebanese poet and novelist. He has been translated into 14 languages. He has been referred to as "the Arab world's answer to Italo Calvino or Umberto Eco". Early life and education Rashid El Daif was born into a Christian Maronite family of eight children in Zgharta, Lebanon, in 1945. He studied in his village until high school. Then, he transferred to a government high school i...