 Complete the following phrase:  Elayi has written a number of novels that draw inspiration from her real life experiences and contemporary issues. In 2009, she published her first novel The survivor based on her experience of the civil war in Beirut. Two years later, Elayi wrote her second novel Secrets of granite; the book is inspired by her native Ariège region. The shadow of Saddam came out in 2015; the geopolitical thriller portrays Saddam Hussein before his seizure of power. Her 2017 Why I became a terrorist came two years after the 