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product_id: 94486674
title: "Throwing Sparks (Developing History)"
brand: "abdo khal"
price: "₪55"
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# Throwing Sparks (Developing History)

**Brand:** abdo khal
**Price:** ₪55
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        			&#x201C;Abdo Khal shines a light on life at the bottom of the heap, in Saudi&apos;s often forgotten villages. His voice blends image-rich poetic classicism with contemporary patois, which makes for an unmistakably Arab mix.&#x201D; &#x2015;The Guardian (UK)&#x201C;Khal writes vividly and poetically . . . [a] powerful and deeply troubling book.&#x201D; &#x2015;Sholto Byrnes, National&#x201C;A novel of politics and faith which proposes something more open-ended and transcendent.&#x201D; &#x2015;Banipal&#x201C;A grotesque satire on limitless wealth and the inequalities it spawns, . . . about a boy from the Jeddah slums who rises as a henchman in a ruthless tycoon&apos;s palace, only to crave salvation for his fallen soul.&#x201D; &#x2015;Maya Jaggi, The Guardian (UK)&quot;. . . a brilliant exploration of the relationship between the individual and the state. Through the eyes of its two-dimensional protagonist, the book gives the reader a taste of the horrifying reality of the excessive world of the palace.&quot; &#x2015;Taleb Alrefai, head of the 2010 IPAF judges panel&quot;Khal&#x2019;s description is vivid and poetic, and the quality of the translation--as with all books brought out by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation--is top-notch.&quot; &#x2015;Omar Shariff, Gulf News
				    	
					
        		
        		
        	
        
        	
        		About the Author
        	
        	
        		
        			Born in Saudi Arabia in 1962, Abdo Khal studied political science and began his career as a preacher before becoming a primary school teacher. He turned to writing as a way of attacking the corruption of the wealthy in the Arab world. Throwing Sparks won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction and is his first novel to be published in English.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-19*