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Throwing Sparks

Abdo Khal

2009
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A satire of wealth and power corrupting life in a Red Sea palace.

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Throwing Sparks won Abdo Khal the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF, 2010) — a savage satire of corrupting luxury; the novel was banned in Saudi Arabia.

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