My Son, I Urge You to Read

About this book

In a remote village in the mountains of Hajjah, Anas divides his days between farming, tending sheep, and responsibilities to a family that depends on him. Unable to read yet drawn to the books in the old mosque, he carries a private hunger for knowledge. His father's final instruction—my son, I urge you to read—sets him on a spiritual and intellectual journey that reaches beyond letters toward a deeper reading of life, destiny, and self. This humane novel joins the pain of loss to the transformative power of the written word.