{"product_id":"shamal-days","title":"Shamal Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eA middle-aged bachelor heading the editorial at a newspaper in an imagined\u003cbr\u003e\ncountry in the Arabian Gulf, Abbas is beset by loneliness and the attendant\u003cbr\u003e\nregret - a life punctuated by ifs and maybes, and the dreariness of the dry and\u003cbr\u003e\ndusty shamal winds. Presented with the opportunity to finally bring about\u003cbr\u003e\nchange in his life, will indecision get the better of him or will he be able\u003cbr\u003e\nto steer his life away from his less-than-beautiful reality?\u003cbr\u003e\nSet in the 1990s, with the escalating violence in West Asia serving as a\u003cbr\u003e\nbackdrop, this is the story of Abbas and of the small newsroom that brings\u003cbr\u003e\ntogether people - from different backgrounds and with individual stories\u003cbr\u003e\nbut shared editorial goof-ups - to a country built and run by\u003cbr\u003e\nthe expatriate workforce.Shamal Days is a whimsical, ironic take on the aspirations and resentments\u003cbr\u003e\nof expatriate life in a tiny desert country, and on the political\u003cbr\u003e\nunrest in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sabin Iqbal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44268057296956,"sku":"9789698729646","price":1015.75,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9789698729626.jpg?v=1776844060","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/shamal-days","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}