Another book review
THE HAJ By Leon Uris Everyone would know the name of Leon Uris because of his book Exodus which was made into a film. The Haj is another great book that follows the life of Ishmael, an Arab boy born in Palestine in 1936. His father, Ibrahim, was the Muktar of Tabah. Ishmael was raised by his grandmother, mother and the women of the family, but when his grandmother died he was just eight years old and his father sent his mother away. It was time for him to move into the room with the men. He had to deal with the trauma of being parted from his mother along with the taunts from other children that his father was going to take another wife. In tears, he spoke to his father about what was happening and was immediately rebuffed and literally pushed aside. His father’s word was law, you did not question him. Ishmael had three older brothers so he was well down in the pecking order. His future, unlike the first born, who was to inherit his father’s title, was to b