{"id":1777,"date":"2017-11-18T21:23:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T21:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asimabraham.com\/eng\/?page_id=1777"},"modified":"2020-05-27T03:14:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T03:14:48","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asimaltokhais.com\/eng\/bio\/press\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS"},"content":{"rendered":"[mhc_section admin_label=”section”][mhc_row admin_label=”Row” gradient_background=”off” gradient_style=”horizontal” remove_padding=”off” top_padding=”60″ bottom_padding=”0″ background_image_size=”cover” background_image_repeat=”no-repeat” background_image_position_x=”center” background_image_position_y=”center”][mhc_column type=”4_4″][mhc_text admin_label=”\/press” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

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\u00a0Asim Altokhais’s \u2018Alienation\u2019 offers a startlingly-honest look at differences in culture<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Riyadh (PRWEB) August 29, 2012<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia \u2013 Asim Altokhais\u2019s new memoir<\/a> \u201cAlienation: My Life in Saudi Arabia and America\u201d (published by iUniverse) explores one man\u2019s coming-of-age journey as he travels between his home country of Saudi Arabia<\/a> and the United States and struggles to find his true identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlienation<\/a>\u201d is the journey of a boy to adulthood. Altokhais spent most of his life flying from the West to the East, jumping from one culture to the other, suffering under the real effort that comes from trying to understand each one by itself. Living in a culture that disagrees with what he learned during his years and affects his way of thinking and seeing things. Culture rules and regulations sometimes seem like a prison where he cannot express his thoughts and ideas.<\/p>\n

An excerpt from \u201cAlienation\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201cLiving in a culture that\u2019s known for its strict regulations and methods pushed me from an early age to write about my feelings and ideas in a hidden biography, far from my parents\u2019 eyes. Ever since I woke up into this world, I\u2019ve been told never to express my feelings or ideas, not to anyone. When I acknowledged that this was the case, I came to a realization that what I\u2019m seeing isn\u2019t true and life is filled with \u2018coded areas,\u2019 which I\u2019ve always been kept away from.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy book talks about the real life in Arabia, not like what the West see it on TV or movies, it talks with total truth about the real citizen life and what kind of obstacles that he encounter every day from asking for his human rights and dignity, freedom of speech and equity,\u201d Altokhais says. \u201cIt also explores the life of two different countries, west and the east, from the point of view of one person then to a whole society.\u201d<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong>
\nAsim Altokhais<\/a>, an Arabian freelance scriptwriter, has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a diploma from VFS, majoring in writing for film and TV. He has published two other books, \u201cBlood Brothers\u201d and \u201cMaster of Darkness,\u201d and has written numerous feature scripts, short scripts and novels.<\/p>\n

iUniverse, an Author Solutions, Inc. self-publishing imprint, is the leading book marketing, editorial services, and supported self-publishing provider. iUniverse has a strategic alliance with Indigo Books & Music, Inc. in Canada, and titles accepted into the iUniverse Rising Star program are featured in a special collection on BarnesandNoble.com. iUniverse recognizes excellence in book publishing through the Star, Reader\u2019s Choice, Rising Star and Editor\u2019s Choice designations\u2014self-publishing\u2019s only such awards program. Headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, iUniverse also operates offices in Indianapolis. For more information or to publish a book, please visit iuniverse.com or call 1-800-AUTHORS. For the latest, follow @iuniversebooks on Twitter.<\/p>\n[\/mhc_text][\/mhc_column][\/mhc_row][\/mhc_section][mhc_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off”][mhc_row admin_label=”row” gradient_background=”off” gradient_style=”horizontal” remove_padding=”on” bottom_padding=”150″ background_image_size=”cover” background_image_repeat=”no-repeat” background_image_position_x=”center” background_image_position_y=”center” top_padding=”0″][mhc_column type=”4_4″][mhc_text admin_label=”KIRKUS REVIEW” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified”]\n

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A coming-of-age memoir about a young man caught between two very different cultures.<\/p>\n

Since his wealthy parents frequently moved internationally, Abraham\u2019s childhood was split \u00a0between the \u00a0United States and an \u00a0Arabic country that\u00a0 he \u00a0initially loathed. Uprooted from his beloved Batman and the English-speaking world and transplanted\u00a0 into \u00a0a \u00a0traditional \u00a0culture \u00a0where \u00a0he \u00a0could \u00a0not \u00a0utter \u00a0a \u00a0word \u00a0of complaint against an abusive math teacher, he ended up miserable and floundered in his studies. Writing a diary and recording meetings with his grandparents and family kept him sane. His worst moment came when a truck killed his little brother, Moses. Abraham conveys his bewilderment, shock and pain: \u201cI saw that one of Moses\u2019s feet had lost its shoe, so I told Ray to look for it. To this day, I don\u2019t know why I said that.\u201d Curiously, he chooses not to name the country he lived in and instead calls it \u201cArabia.\u201d This is only one of the many frustratingly vague elisions in this choppy narrative.<\/p>\n

Warmly and honestly written but sloppily edited and of limited scope.<\/p>\n[\/mhc_text][\/mhc_column][\/mhc_row][\/mhc_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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