{"product_id":"badawi-paperback","title":"Badawi - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMohed Altrad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished to wide critical acclaim in France, \u003ci\u003eBadawi\u003c\/i\u003e is Mohed Altrad's heartrending debut novel, inspired by the author's own narrative arc from Bedouin orphan to engineer and finally billionaire businessman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the Syrian desert, a young boy watches as his mother dies. She was a repudiated woman, abandoned by the boy's powerful father, leaving Ma ouf to his scornful grandmother. Though the Bedouin tribes have stopped their centuries-long travels across the dunes--their tents long since converted into sedentary shacks--Ma ouf's grandmother wants him to carry on tradition as a shepherd. But from the first time he sneaks off to the white-walled schoolhouse to watch the other children learn, Ma ouf envisions a different future for himself. This is one extraordinary child's story of fighting for an education, and a life, he was never supposed to have, from a tiny desert village to the city of Raqqa, from the university halls of Montpellier on to the oil fields of Abu Dhabi. But is a life of exile the one he wants? Can a child whose name means \"the abandoned one\" ever make a home for himself? With each step forward, he feels the love of his youth--a steadfast young Syrian woman named Fadia--and the shifting, haunted sands of his native village pulling him back toward the past he thought he had left behind.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMohed Altrad\u003c\/b\u003e was born into a Bedouin tribe in Syria. After earning a PhD in computer science at the University of Montpellier and working for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, he founded Groupe Altrad, a world leader in the concrete and scaffolding industry, and was named the 2015 EY World Entrepreneur of the Year. He has published three other novels in French, \u003ci\u003eL'Hypothèse de Dieu\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Promesse d'Annah\u003c\/i\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eLa Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e from Actes Sud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689254031423,"sku":"9780802125798","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/afc4b25560a5e83b2f2715180aa92d28.webp?v=1764984947","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/badawi-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}