Background
Khal was born in First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Mijannah, Saudi Arabia in 1962.
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Abdo Khal
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He left his home village at a young age and currently lives in Jeddah. They are unavailable in his home country. According to himself, this is because they "address the sacrosanct trio of taboos in the Arab world: sex, politics, and religion".
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Saudi Arabia
Awards
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction International Prize for Arabic Fiction
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is a literary prize managed in association with the Booker Prize Foundation in London, and supported by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi.The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is a literary prize managed in association with the Booker Prize Foundation in London, and supported by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi.