dawn

To Have Nothing is a moving book that took me into a part of the world utterly unknown to myself. What I enjoyed most about it was the fact that Adel not only wrote his own story but supported the insight of the reader with historical and religious facts/knowledge. I found the beginning a little choppy. Stay with it though, as it will start to flow as you read on. While Adel’s childhood was certainly a turbulent one, one that had him thrown from ‘riches to rags’, in the end, it was always family and friends/relations of his father who helped him, who feed and clothed and always, always educated him well. Without them, he would truly have ended up with NOTHING. A story of loss and pain. A story that celebrates resiliency and wanting to have a better life. A book that demonstrates the importance of education and how education will open doors and set you free.