The involvement of Mohammed’s friends/acquaintances is honestly near-unbelievable. Mohammed’s poorly addressed childhood illness contributing to his lack of motor skill plays below the surface, and even at one point causes a near miss in his evacuation to Djibouti via an Indian ship. I was inspired by the work that Mohammed puts his heart into, especially considering both the personal risk and danger that his family is exposed to, in order to acquire these opportunities.ĭisability and refugee status play significantly into this story, as does the sheer cost of both war and poverty. By this time, he has also become an influential character with YaLa Young Leaders and travels to conferences in order to continue his learning on peace and tolerance, particularly between Israeli and Palestinian peoples. Mohammed begins to feel endangered in his home city of Sana’a, and so he leaves for the southern city of Aden in order to attempt to carry on his work with NGOs in Yemen. “Even if they seem good, they’re always hiding something. I loved the openness that Mohammed has in admitting that initially, his concern is over Luke’s immortal soul, but then his growing internal conflict as he realizes that the 3 founding Abrahamic religions are not so different after all. The Fox Hunt begins in Yemen with Mohammed beginning to discuss religion with first his favourite British (and Christian) ESL teacher Luke. Mohammed’s story begins and ends, as he says, with a book. So many of my passions and “bookish interests” came together and made reading Mohammed’s book a privilege. First of all, I have to say thank you to Joli for choosing me to review The Fox Hunt, by Mohammed Al Samawi.

The fox hunt by mohammed al samawi