My life with hunger, love and war

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"My Life with Hunger, Love, and War" is an autobiographical book composed of three parts by the Saudi writer Aziz Diaa. The first and second parts of the book were released in 1993 (1414 hijri), then the third part was released in (1422 hijri). The book was later published in full in two parts by Dar al-Tanweer in 2012 AD (1433 hijri).

Book Value

The book (my life with hunger, love, and war) is one of the most reliable sources of geography and history that the writer witnessed the effects and images on Arab society so we can say that this book is an important historical bond from a child perspective which he saw and heard and then he wrote it down on papers with all sincerity and honesty, Sheikh Aziz Diaa wrote his autobiography after he surpassed the age of seventy, so he recalled his childhood and past youth, and he saw in this life sermons and lessons worthy of being marked and written, so, he began writing this wonderful book, in which he portrayed his autobiography and shed bright light on the political, economic, social, religious, and other harsh events he experienced with his family in his hometown, generally in Medina.

Book Content

The material of the book was first published in the "Iqra" magazine, and in the "Al-Yamama" magazine between the years (1405 hijri) and (1410 hijri). Aziz Diaa crafted his autobiography from his birth and its earliest signs as narrated to him by his mother (Fatima, daughter of Sheikh Ahmed Safa) from the first morning of his life until the end of his life.

In the introduction to his autobiography, "My Life with Hunger, Love, and War," Aziz Diaa describes his life as a "story of insignificance": "Prepare to read chapters of a life, the most remarkable aspect of which is its insignificance, and the most beautiful aspect of which is that it is the story of insignificance, lived by thousands like me, insignificant little ones... who were not granted to shine on the horizons of the great world and did not find their way into history... Their lives are devoid of heroism or glory... or adventures or surprises... or any kind of excitement... but rather they are the lives of the thousands... and millions of insignificant little ones" pg:15.

n Aziz Diaa's autobiography, his cultural views, literary interests, and intellectual formations intertwine, as many of the situations in his life have shaped a cultural biography, carrying his vision in his readings, follow-ups, and what he has accomplished in independent literary works.

Quotes from the book

"I had not forgotten the colors and scenes of torment I experienced with this mother, after everyone had died, and no one was left for us.. those scenes in the streets of Aleppo and its roads, and the death transport carts: they gather them from the sidewalks so that a human can be discerned among them, I can hardly make out the features of his face, until dozens or hundreds of features and images crowd him." (Part 2, p. 12)

"Hunger was something, I still say, until this day, it is the most dangerous calamity and disaster that a human can suffer from.. as severe as my grandfather and mother were suffering, when they found themselves completely incapable of even providing themselves with this bread, not for them, but for me at the stage where I began to recover from typhoid." (Part 2, p. 116)

References

"حياتي مع الجوع والحب والحرب 1\2". Dar al-Tanweer for Publishing and Distribution. Accessed on February 18, 2023.

"My Life with Hunger, Love, and War, Volume 1 (in multiple languages), QID: Q206033.

King Abdulaziz Public Library (2018).

"Aziz Diaa.. Life with Hunger, Love, and War | Al-Faisal Magazine".

"Studies on the book 'My Life with Hunger, Love, and War' by Sheikh Aziz Diaa".

"Aziz Diaa Who Was Overlooked (Nobel)".

Alaqi, Ahlam Mohammed (September 7, 2013).

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