The Story That Changed Everything

The book you write will change you more than any book you’ll ever read.

This may or may not be true, but it's my truth.

I didn’t know that until I wrote Art of Resilience: The Refugee State of Mind, which launched exactly 4 years ago today.

Since then, the book has opened doors, started conversations, and built real relationships I still carry with me.

But what it gave me most was me.

It forced me to sit with my story. To honor it. To wrestle with it.

To turn a childhood shaped by war and displacement into something solid.

Something I could stand on.

What once felt like a curse, I now carry as a gift: resilience.

A relentless drive to live with purpose, joy, and a lens no one can break.

That’s what writing a book does.

It changes you in the process. It demands you become the author, not just of pages, but of your own meaning.

Now, as I write my next book, I’m reminded: this is sacred work.

Not easy. Not fast. But worth it.

So if you're in it… if you're thinking about it…

Keep going.

Publish it by any means necessary.

You won’t just write a book.

You’ll meet yourself on the other side.

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