Mahmud Saeed sends us a series of postcards from the Morocco of the late 1960's, as seen through the eyes of a young teacher and political exile from Iraq. He shows us the beauty, turmoil, despair, and survival of a people and a nation in a time of upheaval and change.

FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF AWARD-WINNING NOVEL BANNED IN IRAQ. In Ben Barka Lane we see the Morocco of the late 1960s through the eyes of a young political exile from Iraq—its beauty and misery, its unforgettable people. In this contemporary classic, Mahmoud Saeed offers us a unique portrait of a time and place, and a tale of the passion, politics, vengeance, and betrayal that take place there. "A landmark of the modern Arab novel," in the words of one critic, Ben Barka Lane is now, at last, in English translation, as compelling today as when first published.