Tato série sleduje život mladého muže v napjatém politickém klimatu, kde jsou ideály střetu s realitou. Děj se odehrává v prostředí, kde je láska a osobní svoboda v rozporu s přísnými společenskými a politickými normami. Hrdina se potýká s vnitřními konflikty, morálními dilematy a hledáním vlastní identity v turbulentní době. Je to poutavý příběh o odvaze, zradě a touze po svobodě v zakázané zemi.
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.