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Ali Kasem
I was born in Aden,South Arabia, in what is now the Yemen Republic. (Salem, one of the main characters you’ll meet in my book, also hails from Yemen.) Professionally speaking, I am a translator and...view moreI was born in Aden,South Arabia, in what is now the Yemen Republic. (Salem, one of the main characters you’ll meet in my book, also hails from Yemen.) Professionally speaking, I am a translator and legal consultant with a varied background. This includes work as a Prosecution Attorney and Advocate before the Aden Supreme Court in the 1970s.
It was through my uncle, a longtime solicitor in Birmingham, England, that I became familiar with the experiences of the Yemeni community living in the U.K. Later, my uncle’s stories and his descriptions of the expat life came to form the background of my book.view less