وحي وجمع القرآن

CONTENTS
Dedication 9
Introduction 11
The Village … A Distinctive Life 15
Masliyah Village 15
The Vanishing Folkloric Heritage in Jazan 35
The ‘Umrah of Islam 45
The Yellow Taxicab 46
Influential Figures 48
My father, may Allāh have mercy upon him 48
The Mentor of Generations 56
My Grandfather’s Grocery Shop 62
Safe Haven 64
Shamsān Neighborhood 65
Education in the village 68
Masliyah Primary School 72
Baish Middle and High School 77
University Hostel 86
The Interview 106
Ottawa (Capital City of Canada) 112
Lost in an Icy Night 118
Canadian Hospitals 120
Ottawa Civic Hospital 120
Ottawa General Hospital 126
Children’s Hospital of Ottawa 129
Training in Canadian Hospitals 132
The Saudi House 138
Nuns Island 140
Back to the Homeland 143
A College Story 149
Teaching Girls at the Faculty of Medicine 156
Meeting Room 160
Clinical Practice 169
Physician-Patient Relationship 180
The Pandemic of 2020 185
Nile Corniche (Cairo) 187
A Night at the Inn (Istanbul) 191
A Trip to the Rose Capital of the World 196
Back Home by Boat 200
Al-Hamra Neighborhood 203
A Medical Conference in French 207
The Old Streets of Cordoba 208
A Poisoned Meal in the Train 216
Scent of the Rainforest 218