Mr Victor O Ogundare

Tears of Fatima Mr Victor O Ogundare

Publisher Marketing: This is a mystery story book which exposed the sufferings of young girls under customary precepts linked to religion belief. Tears of Fatima emanated from Rub' al Khali desert of Saudi Arabia; where the Bedouin tribe has mastered the strategy of survival. Rub' al Khali deserts is one of the most inhabitable deserts in the world because of its scant rainfall and extremely hot weather condition. Fatima was a young Bedouin girl who at the age of 9 learned the art of shepherd. She fought against the prejudice of traditional beliefs and religion restrictions to find a purpose for her life. Despite the constraints of her religion and the perilous consequences she faced, Fatima endured hardship and risked her life to save a dying teenager in the unforgiving desert of Saudi Arabia while looking after the goats and sheep of her parents at the age of 13 years. The teenager she saved from death later became a center piece in her life as she matured into adulthood. Fatima survived various challenges including kidnapping by desert raiders and unwanted marital affairs. She suffered various nightmares and mild psychiatric disorder due to the overwhelming effect of her life challenges. Her tenacity finally gave way to her reunification with Moussa after her unwanted marriage to Abdul-Kareem. Narrowly, Fatima escaped death sentence carried out under the Sharia Law through the intervention of Moussa whom she once saved from death. Eventually Fatima Married the man she loved at a more matured age. She later acquired education which has been her childhood dreams. Moussa and Fatima later migrated from the dry desert of Rub' al Khali to the oasis desert of Yemen after their wedding; where they settled with Al-Hassan. The encounter of two European missionaries - Andrew and Nelson transformed the lives of Fatima and Moussa considerably as it engages in a comparative religions analysis. That encounter later converted their faith and unexpectedly assisted their journey to Scotland.