A Slap in the FaceNow in paperback, the touching, timely story of an Iraqi refugee in Germany. In our era of mass migration, much of it driven by war and its aftermath, A Slap in the Face could not be more timely. It tells the story of Karim, an Iraqi refugee living in Germany whose right to asylum has been revoked in the wake of Saddam Husseins defeat. But Hussein wasnt the only reason Karim left, and as Abbas Khider unfolds his story, we learn both the secret