Highlights and illuminations from my autobiography

Moments and illuminations from my autobiography Abdullah Aseelan a new book for the esteemed Professor Dr. Abdullah Aseelan, who is a venerable and highly esteemed scholar. I truly thought I would find in it useful moments and illuminations from the biography of the doctor, and that it would be a book "documenting his life journey with its ups and downs," as he mentioned — may God preserve him — in the introduction, or that he would try — even with less than minimal effort — to emulate what Taha Hussein wrote in "The Days," and Ahmed Amin in "My Life," and Naim in "Seventy," which he mentioned in his introduction. But, oh disappointment, the book was of little benefit regarding the life of its author, containing only sparse fragments about his upbringing, mentions of his loyal students, brief impressions and general descriptions of the scholars he met and accompanied, mentions of interviews, scientific messages he supervised, dedications, and messages from those he values knowing! And where is the source of disappointment? It is in the tedious repetition! Nearly one hundred pages in this book — which is 376 pages including the appendix of photos and letters — are identical without any addition or subtraction to his book "The Scholar Mahmoud Shaker as I Knew Him," and I saw no purpose in repeating them in this book other than pointless exaggeration. Dr. repeated the story of his poisoning and his poetic ode in two different places. What caught my attention was Dr. mentioning on page 48 of this book that the one who introduced him to Mahmoud Shaker was Al-Tanahi, whereas in the two books "The Library Story" page 304 and "The Scholar Mahmoud Shaker as I Knew Him" page 11, it is mentioned that the one who introduced him was Dr. Abdulqaddous Abu Saleh.