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This book is one of the most enjoyable autobiographies you may read throughout your life. Al-Aqqad wanted to write about himself but wrote about everything that happens in life. That autobiography is full of life as it is full of death. Al-Aqqad began writing about the village, childhood, father, and mother, and how his steps and conscience started in shaping. Then he talked about his library and books and about reading. He talked about working in the government, resignation, and about the state of the Arabs and the nation. Al-Aqqad died before finishing what he planned to write. Therefore, this autobiography is considered one of the most honest written in biographies, as it started with the life of the author and literally ended with his death!