Wolves of the Crescent Moon
Saudi Arabian author Yousef Al-Mohaimeed tells the story of three disenfranchised men whose attempts to escape their destitute lives end in failure and tragedy. Tawfiq was kidnapped as a child by Sudanese slave traders, who castrated him and turned him into a eunuch. Nasir, a one-eyed orphan, suffers terrible abuse at his orphanage, and his lifelong dream of becoming a solider is denied. These two heartbreaking stories hang over the head of a one-eared Bedouin tribesman named Turad as he waits at bus station, hoping to flee somewhere that will offer him some greater chance for happiness. The hopelessness of these young men`s situations, as well as the starkness of life at the bottom of the Middle Eastern world, are shocking, heartbreaking, and fascinating. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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