Some of the incidents he describes - dodgy fatwa about breast feeding, church bombing - took place while I lived in Cairo | The ending was kind of abrupt but a great read overall |
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In fact, I lived just 2km down the road from Media Production City, location for the tv programme | The first time I read this was just after I bought it and i put it back to the shelf because the first hundred is to me quite a lot |
However, upon finishing it and reflecting, I have realised that it has given me perspective and knowledge of opinions which mirror that of people I would otherwise never meet in real life.
3But, what I like about this book is that the main character, T Okay this is actually my first review in goodreads so i din't really know how to do this | and ofc the arabic is very good too, written so well i just finished it and i am still shocked with the ending |
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At first this book seemed particularly cowardly as it presented the issue of a Muslim converting to Christianity a massive taboo in any Muslim country and then seemingly dismissed it as a psychiatric issue | On the other hand the protagonist turned out to be weaker than I wanted him to be given that he was a man of knowledge |
too much to process and maybe there are few unnecessary subplot that to me is unfinished.
30I wan't that excited about the series of events unfolding at the end as I didn't really feel like the book needed to go that extra mile and present the "punch line | Well done Ibrahim Eissa A relatively contemporary book |
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Monumental self upheaval begins amidst a climatic build to catastrophe as we follow the Sheik's journey of true but fearful self reflection as he navigates the direction of his moral compass | and ofc the arabic is very good too, written so well Mixed impression |