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Scattered Crumbs
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'Scattered Crumbs': is a novel written by the Iraqi author Muhsin al-Ramli.
Al-Ramli's first novel, 'Scattered Crumbs' ('al-Fatit al-mubathar'), was published in Arabic in 2000, and its 2003 English translation received the Arabic Translation Award from the University of Arkansas Press.
Set in an Iraqi village during the Iran-Iraq war, 'Scattered Crumbs' critiques a totalitarian dictatorship through the stories of an impoverished peasant family. A father, a fierce supporter of Saddam Hussein clashes with his artist son, who loves his homeland but finds himself literally unable to paint the Leader's portrait for his father's wall.
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