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foreward by Dr Adel Aulaqi
“Footprints of Resilience: A Hadhrami Journey Across Continents.”
An apt subtitle to an autobiography written in typical Hadhrami
polite understatement.
The author takes the reader on his family's multifaceted journey,
focusing on his father’s and his own personal stories with the ever-present Hadhramaut reverently referred to as “The Homeland”. A homeland is a place and a people;
the origins one has come from and the roots one returns to.
As a young man, he crosses many parts of Africa, the Middle East and
As a young man, he crosses many parts of Africa, the Middle East and
Southern Arabia and travels to reach Europe where he settles only to
be almost constantly on the move to connect with members of the
Hadhrami diaspora worldwide especially in Southeast Asia where
he forges links in the service of the Homeland and its people.
Throughout, he writes with typical humility as only a Hadhrami from
Throughout, he writes with typical humility as only a Hadhrami from
the diaspora can. His deep attachment to the Homeland is a theme
that connects all. The stories of the family, the personal, the lands
visited and lived in, famine, national struggles, educating a nation,
culture, modernity and endless connectedness across borders reveal
a long almost dizzying trail.
The author, like his father and family, may fly away long and travel far and achieve much, yet the roots remain palpably full of energy in the Homeland which pulls the
The author, like his father and family, may fly away long and travel far and achieve much, yet the roots remain palpably full of energy in the Homeland which pulls the
author back time and again to fulfil his mission of connecting and
assisting in bringing modern education to the future generations in
the Homeland.
He is an emigrant who served as a UK diplomat and
He is an emigrant who served as a UK diplomat and
won HM Government’s satisfaction, trust and respect. In his own
words, he wrote of his effort here “I am glad to have managed to
contribute to my father’s legacy and be the bearer of good deeds to
my community.” This is a highly readable book of many hidden treasures.
It shows how an emigrant has lived a rich multifaceted life and continues to give.
Dr Adel Aulaqi
Dr Adel Aulaqi
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