[2] The novel was longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2014.

[4] This series is the other face to his “Malhamatul Malhatil Filistiniya” or “Palestinian Comedy.”[5] The novel consists of three characters: A professor, a lawyer, and an executive minister.

These characters live in a divided reality spanning twenty years before Arab revolutions, up until the final blow.

In the background, the besieged human margin is the only thing able to resist this fascism.

‘Balcony of Abyss’ is a novel about the layers of the human ego, as well as the layer of Arab bureaucracy, and its ability to change it appearance without changing its principles.