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The Boy Who Learned to Read - The Story of a Boy Who Broke Free of the Poverty of the Nomad Life to Become a Doctor in the West (Paperback)
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The Boy Who Learned to Read - The Story of a Boy Who Broke Free of the Poverty of the Nomad Life to Become a Doctor in the West (Paperback)
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Mohamud Ege grew up in the heat and dust of northern Somalia, the
son of a family of nomads who were kept constantly on the move by
the need to find water and grazing for the camels and sheep which
were their only possessions. When Mohamud was five, his father was
killed by a snake. A wise uncle then suggested that Mohamud, alone
of his family, should go to school - a rare privilege in their
culture. To attend school, Mohamud had to sleep on a rush mat,
survive for long periods on nothing but pancakes and do his
homework by moonlight. The hardships did not prevent him from
discovering the joy of reading books and developing a keen appetite
for learning. By the time he was in his teens he was determined to
break free of the poverty of the nomad life and become a doctor in
the West. Thanks to hard work and help from his friends he managed
to qualify as one of Somalia's first doctors, but he had to battle
the strife and unrest of his native land, as well as prejudice and
red tape from those in authority, for more than twenty years before
he finally managed to qualify as a doctor in the UK. This is his
story.
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