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The Story of a Man from Zizya • Author: Laith Taher • 2016
JOD
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As the boxer Rami prepares to face the famous British boxer Paul Hinzman, he recalls his memories from his birth in 1950 until the moment he enters the ring, starting from Zizya, the village where he was born and raised. Rami narrates his own story, speaking in detail about Zizya, which he calls the 'land of suffering' due to its miserable conditions and extreme poverty. He talks about his dream of becoming a doctor and how circumstances eventually led him to become a boxer aspiring to be world-class.
Rami is an ambitious and talented man who strives to tame the circumstances to achieve his aspirations, starting with achieving glory, succeeding in his love for his village's daughter, Hiba, whom he has adored since childhood, and also succeeding with his family and friends. He refuses no challenge, no matter how difficult, even if everyone believes victory is impossible; his ultimate goal is to prove he is the best, and he never gives up, even when all people and circumstances stand against him.
Through Rami's story, this dramatic novel addresses issues that any person goes through, such as success, ambition, circumstances, and fate. The dramatic treatment explores the most delicate and difficult human emotions, revealing moments of strength and weakness, sadness and happiness, and love and hate that can reach the point of madness, as narrated by Rami—as a human being, not a perfect, ideal entity devoid of feelings.