Ben Barka Lane

In beautifully descriptive language, Mahmoud Saeed sends us a series of postcards from the Morocco of the late 1960's, as seen through the eyes of a young political exile from Iraq. He shows us beauty, misery and a panoply of personalities, including one of the most striking enchantresses in Arabic literature since Scheherazade. Through it all he weaves an absorbing tale of passion, politics, vengeance and betrayal-with undertones that resonate today-and gives us a unique portrait of a people, a place and a time that will long remain with the reader.