Tento saudskoarabský autor sa vo svojej tvorbe venuje citlivým témam, ako je náboženstvo, politika a sexualita, ktoré sú v jeho domovskej krajine tabu. Jeho romány, často zasadené do búrlivého obdobia neskorých 60. a skorých 70. rokov 20. storočia, skúmajú stret vedeckého poznania a náboženskej slobody. Autor sa snaží svojimi dielami podnietiť diskusiu a spochybniť zažité predstavy. Jeho jedinečný pohľad na spoločenské napätie a osobné hľadanie identity rezonuje naprieč kultúrnymi hranicami.
The year is 1970, a period of crisis in the Arab world. Twenty-year-old Hisham has enrolled at university in Riyadh to study politics and economics. But this city has more than academic qualifications to offer a man of Hisham's mettle, and he soon discovers a strange underworld of alcohol and prostitution where fear, pleasure and politics merge.
In his tranquil middle-class neighbourhood, eighteen-year-old Hisham doesn't quite fit in. He's a philosopher who spends days reading banned books and developing political ideals. His Saudi Arabia is embroiled in conflict, torn between ancient tradition and newfound prosperity. This work offers a look at the roots of dissent in the Arab world. schovat popis