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    Ashes of Al-Rawdha
    Ashes of Al-Rawdha
    Ashes of Al-Rawdha
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    Ashes of Al-Rawdha

    By Ekbal Al-Othaimeen

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    The car was small, so he sat in the back seat. But as soon as he sat there, I was haunted by many thoughts, implications, and questions. I said to myself, Does he have a gun? Will he force us, on the way back, to stop in front of a station for Iraqi soldiers? And there, dark thoughts and nightmares kept rushing through my imagination, and perhaps Nawals imagination as well. Despite that dark feeling brewing in my heart, I composed myself and drove the car towards the house. However, I could not overcome the thought of assault on me or Nawal throughout the drive. I fully expected that, at one moment or the other, he would suddenly extend his hand to my throat or hers to strangle us, or to do something to harm us. As soon as the residential area houses appeared to us, we breathed a sigh of relief and felt some kind of comfort, which we expressed by the smiles that appeared on our faces after a long period of glooming.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateJun 24, 2016
    ISBN9781490773254
    Ashes of Al-Rawdha
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    Ekbal Al-Othaimeen

    The author, Dr. Ekbal Al Othaimeen, while preparing to leave her country for postgraduate studies abroad woke up with the rest of her countrymen and woman caught in disbelief and completely unprepared to a fight for their survival. In her best publication yet and in a genre that is scarce, the author takes us through a first person view of the lives of Kuwaiti citizens during the Gulf War. Ashes of Al Rawdah combines the different aspects of the war on an individual, a close-knit family, and a community. Beautifully described characters, intimate events, and a unique viewpoint, the author takes the readers on a roller coaster of emotions as you experience firsthand the life of a people caught in a war they did not expect or ask for. Al Othaimeen takes you from the pits of despair of that tragic morning to moments of laughter and beauty at a time where a ray of light through the clouds would be considered a Godsend.

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