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- catalog abstract ""In his tranquil middle-class neighbourhood, eighteen-year-old Hisham doesn't quite fit in. He's a budding philosopher who spends his days reading banned books and developing his political ideals. His Saudi Arabia is a nation embroiled in internal conflict, torn between ancient tradition and newfound prosperity. Hisham finds himself caught up in the struggle for change, devoting more and more of his time to a shadowy group of dissenters even as he questions both their motives and methods." "The result is an intense showdown between Hisham's love for his family, his firmly held philosophies, and his yearning for social justice. He awakens to passions both private and political, coming to grips with the paradoxes of a conservative land where illicit pleasures co-exist with the apparatus of a merciless state."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12817333.
- catalog contributor b12817334.
- catalog coverage "Saudi Arabia Fiction.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In his tranquil middle-class neighbourhood, eighteen-year-old Hisham doesn't quite fit in. He's a budding philosopher who spends his days reading banned books and developing his political ideals. His Saudi Arabia is a nation embroiled in internal conflict, torn between ancient tradition and newfound prosperity. Hisham finds himself caught up in the struggle for change, devoting more and more of his time to a shadowy group of dissenters even as he questions both their motives and methods." "The result is an intense showdown between Hisham's love for his family, his firmly held philosophies, and his yearning for social justice. He awakens to passions both private and political, coming to grips with the paradoxes of a conservative land where illicit pleasures co-exist with the apparatus of a merciless state."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "292 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Adama.".
- catalog identifier "0863563112 (pbk.) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Adama.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng ara".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Saqi,".
- catalog relation "Adama.".
- catalog spatial "Saudi Arabia Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Saudi Arabia".
- catalog subject "892.737 22".
- catalog subject "Dissenters Saudi Arabia Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PJ7828.M14 A3313 2003".
- catalog subject "Teenage boys Saudi Arabia Fiction.".
- catalog title "Adama / Turki al-Hamad ; translated from the Arabic by Robin Bray.".
- catalog type "Bildungsroman. lcsh".
- catalog type "Bildungsromans.".
- catalog type "text".