A New Birth

About this book

A New Birth is not just another story about hardships, but an epic journey redefining strength and will in the face of fate's harshest tests. The story begins with Mohamed, a fourteen-year-old boy whose childhood curiosity leads him to his brother's factory in Damietta. He did not know that one moment of curiosity would change his life forever, when a violent electric current plunges him into a long coma lasting three months. In that dark period, Mohamed finds himself a prisoner between consciousness and unconsciousness, hearing the voices of his loved ones crying and praying, feeling the warmth of their embraces, yet unable to move or respond. His tragedy grows when he hears the doctor telling his family that his body will be affected and that disability may be his new fate. Mohamed sinks into deep despair, preferring death to a life he sees as a burden on those around him. But fate had a new birth in store for him. In a strange dream, he finds himself before a mysterious court accusing him of insulting the people of will. There, he meets great spirits who challenged physical disability, from Mostafa Sadeq El-Rafei to Taha Hussein and beyond.