It’s a fascinating and successful novel, imo, that deservedly won the Arabic Booker Prize for 2009. After all, a cursory look at the immense output of WWII-themed novels for the past 70 years should be enough to humble the critic.Īzazeel pleasantly surprised me. I share this criticism to the extent when artistic levers are abandoned and the novel becomes a vehicle for thinly disguised political propaganda but at the same time I also sympathise with those for whom it is impossible not to be political in the face of the internecine conflicts that plague their societies with no end in sight. Modern Arabic novel is often criticised for being too political, and in many cases nothing more than a platform for writers to repackage contemporary war troubles in Arab countries into a kind of fictional reportage designed for quick consumption, forgotten as soon as the next big thing happens and is taken up. “The nature of Christ is the essence of our religion, and that essence is subtle and problematic, and potends schism and discord.”
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