After I listened to the review of this novel on the BBC Book Review program, I decided to purchase a copy. Najeed's bad luck started on the day he arrived in Saudi Arabia as a migrant from India seeking employment. Not knowing who his employer would be, he was hijacked by a roaming individual whom he thought was the employer. His suffering started as soon as they arrived at the abductor's destination - an animal farm in the desert - where Najeem's job would be to tend the goats and other animals. He immediately became a slave worker under a cruel slave-master. This situation lasted for over three years.
Still more suffering awaited him in the desert as he and his two companions attempted to escape through the uncharted sea of sand to the outside world.
I felt Najeed's pain physically throughout his ordeal. His is a story of endurance against all odds.
But what happened to Ibrahim Khadiri. His disappearance in the desert seems to suggest that he might have been an angel in human form sent to rescue Najeed.
The book more than met my expectations. Although it is fiction, it appears to be based on facts. Do (or did) the Gulf States actually enslave unfortunate migrant workers?
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