A Lifetime's Harvest: Between Earnestness and Play, Nearness and Distance

About this book

Drawing on a lifetime of observation, Ali El-Oqda moves from the discipline of earthly work to questions of consciousness, origin, and the enduring self. The book considers the tensions named in its title—seriousness and play, closeness and distance—not as opposites to resolve, but as experiences through which people understand purpose, connection, and the legacy of a life.