Reviewed by Mohsin Siddiqui
In an unnamed Emirate in the Gulf lives a young man who goes by the name of “Alif” — the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is not his own name, mind you, but that of his digital avatar. Unseen but not unnoticed, Alif is a dissident, a hacker of some ability who makes a living by protecting his clients from censorship and the state secret police. Half-Indian and half-Arab, he is also in love with an Arab aristocrat whose family will never allow them
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