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Set against the backdrop of the turbulent politics that prompted the Falasha Jews to immigrate to Israel, Haji Jabir recounts the tale of misery that pushes young people in poor countries to risk everything to immigrate to a place they believe will provide them with a better chance in life.One young man commits risks to steal, lie, and invent a life other than the one he lived ... The goal is the same: to escape from misery and hope for a better life.

Jabir’s athletic and poetic writing style smoothly takes you along into the hellish world of the young Eritrean protagonist. His works are a valuable enrichment of Arabic and International literature. Haji Jabir’s books illuminate the bitter struggle between Ethiopia and Eritrea that has wasted decades of their lives, and that we are still paying the price for. War brought out the worst of us, sectarianism and selfishness. Many generations grew up either without a sense of their homeland, or a distorted conception of the place. What happened does not only spoil the past but also the future. Jabir’s books are consciously trying to counter all this and lessen its impact on future generations.