Cette série retrace le parcours d'un jeune idéaliste naviguant dans un paysage sociopolitique répressif. Elle explore les complexités de l'amour interdit, l'attrait de la pensée révolutionnaire et les douloureux compromis faits dans la quête de liberté. Alors que les désirs personnels se heurtent aux exigences idéologiques, le protagoniste est aux prises avec la désillusion et la fragmentation de son identité. Ces romans offrent un regard captivant sur le courage, la trahison et la recherche de la vérité dans une société qui exige la conformité.
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
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.