Nathan Price, a Baptist minister, leaves civilized America, going on a missionary mission to the Belgian Congo, bringing with him his family, who carries with them everything they think they will need, but the African land surprises them, turning everything they brought into something worthless, and even their very existence will be full of challenges. Especially with the political events that are ravaging the country that is struggling to gain its independence, and the major powers are interfering in it, assassinating Patrice Lumumba, the country's first elected prime minister.
The novel is alternately narrated by the mother, who loses something irreplaceable there, and her four daughters, each of whom narrates what is happening in her own way, trying to find her own separate path to salvation.
“The Poison Tree Gospel” is an intense journey in the vibrant African land, and a deep exploration of the other, written with a smooth narrative in which Barbara Kingsolver worked to transform the thorny threads of religion, politics, and race into a piece of literature of breathtaking beauty.
This novel was nominated for several literary awards, was translated into more than thirty languages, and sold more than four million copies around the world.
In this novel, “Sabwat Yassin,” we will see the fictional character of the intellectual divided into two characters, the character that the state created, fabricated, and presented as its true self. The original character who escaped from this dark fate went to the home of the religious people from whom he had tried to escape, and then to the community of the Non-Qabalan, a tribe seeking peace who had no dream except to escape from the Qabalan, the sons of Cain, the eternal killer.
Yassin escapes and flees, but the state is bigger, and we will read in the novel: “He looked again in the mirror... The face is a real Yassin, there is no doubt, no doubt, no worry about it. But what about this large number of Yassins in the mirrors, Yasin the face, Yasin the back, Yasin the right? Yassin on the left, Yassin al-Qadhali in front, and Yassin al-Yami on the left.”
Sabwat Yassin is an image of an intellectual torn between the dream of a universal culture and an oppressed society
عندما يكون الصراع بين القلب والعقل. على شكل معركة يسودها الكر والفر! ومشاعر تائهة في طريق الحياة دون مواجهة يبقى الحل: أما برسالة تستقيم بها تلك المشاعر!
How I Elevated my Consciousness: First of all, naming my book came easily to me. The first title that came to my mind was “Intellectual Development Using Technical Terminology,” but shortly before publishing the book I changed the title to one that is closer to my heart. I also did that because the purpose behind the book is to introduce the concept of self-improvement in a simplified way, using the working mechanism of technical terminology. You now might be wondering what self-improvement has to do with technical terminology? Thanks to the guidance of God Almighty, I succeeded in writing this book where I discuss the secrets of the mind and its working mechanism according to scientific research by experts in this field. I also explain some of the concepts related to self-improvement while linking them to simple technical terminology to allow the reader to elevate their level of awareness and yet giving them the free perception will to choose an individual approach that best suits them. My target audience is those who find it difficult to reach the maximum level of awareness when it comes to self-improvement. There is no shame in that, for I myself only came to understand that world a short while ago, after my mind connected to those mechanisms and inspired me to start writing once again to finally present you with my findings on this subject matter. My findings are backed by scientific research conducted by experts in the field of human psychology and my vast experience in the science of information technology. Hence, I resorted to writing this topic to simplify the related concepts and clarify how to connect the mechanism of the mind with technical terminology. Although the terminology is found in the science of information technology field is wide, for the purpose of this book, I have chosen a small number of terms to make it easier for the reader to understand their meaning and allow them to quickly connect them with the logic behind self-improvement.
Al Wasl...stories from the history of Dubai: These stories are based on historical events that took place in Dubai, about the lives of fathers and grandfathers who lived on this land despite the scarcity of resources and difficult circumstances. They sacrificed their lives for it and defended every inch of it. They are stories about loyalty, belonging, good values, and stories and situations that happened to great personalities. We should imitate them and take them as role models over the years.
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