Dreams of a Refugee: From the Middle East to Mount Everest
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Dreams of a Refugee is the extraordinary story of Mostafa Salameh, born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugees.
After a childhood in the camps and a series of low-paid jobs, Mostafa was given a rare opportunity to travel to London, working in hospitality at the Jordanian Embassy. From there he moved to Edinburgh, where he took up a life of parties and nightclubbing. Religion played no part in his thinking.
All this was to change. One night, Mostafa awoke having dreamt that he was standing at the top of the world reciting the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer. He took this as a sign that he needed to accomplish something previously unimaginable for a person in his position – to climb Everest.
Despite having no prior mountaineering experience, Mostafa sought help from friends and sponsors and, having failed twice, finally summited Everest on Jordanian Independence Day, May 25th 2008. He went on to become the first Jordanian to climb all 'Seven Summits' and reach the North Pole. In early 2016 he skied to the South Pole, via a new route, completing the elite 'Explorer's Grand Slam' and joining a club of only thirteen adventurers ever to have achieved this feat.
Yet exploring is only part of the story. Now a devout Muslim, Mostafa is committed to spreading the message of tolerant Islam, working with refugees and young people to help them further their goals. Through climbing he has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. His future projects include leading an all-female attempt on Everest, as well as numerous charitable climbs and leadership programmes. Mostafa is also a regular public speaker both in the UK, Middle East and further afield.
This new paperback edition of Dreams of a Refugee includes a foreword by His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, as well as photographs of Mostafa's climbs and his charitable work. Entertaining, inspiring, and often surprising, Mostafa is honest about both the positive aspects of his life and its past excesses, and discusses his discovery of Muslim faith. His message ultimately is a simple one: 'Each of us has an Everest inside us, which we each can summit, if only we dare to dream'.
The remarkable autobiography of Jordanian mountaineer and activist Mostafa Salameh, the son of Palestinian refugees, adventurer and exponent of moderate Islam.
Foreword by HM the King of Jordan
Unparalleled insight into a unique and inspirational individual, a champion for progressive Islam and religious pluralism
The first Muslim man to climb all seven summits and reach the North and South Poles.
The author is a hugely marketable figure and very well known in the Arab world, particularly Jordan.
List of illustrations
Foreword
Preface: 2017 - Climbing Ben Nevis for the People of Palestine
1 Childhood
2 London
3 Edinburgh
4 India
5 The Dream
6 Mount Everest
7 The Seven Summits and the North Pole
8 Islam
9 Palestine, Isis, Radicalisation
10 The South Pole and Onwards
An extraordinary story of faith, bravery and perseverance. Mostafa Salameh, the first Muslim to climb the Seven Summits and reach both Poles, claims each of us has an Everest within us; this book persuades us we can all achieve our goals if we have the courage to begin trying.
Mostafa Salameh's story should be read for its larger message on the determination necessary to face real challenges and make a change for the better.
A heroic epic for the ages: The trailblazing path of Jordan's most famous global explorer and conqueror of the Three Poles.
Dreams of a Refugee is not merely a self-help/motivational/positive thinking book, neither is it a tragic story of refugees and their painful struggle in the unjust world; it is a story of finding one's true self, a purpose, to dream and live to bring a change for the better.
A wonderful evocation of what the human spirit can achieve, through grit, determination, inspiration and leadership in the face of all types of adversity.
Inspiring is an understatement, this book spreads hope to the hopeless, optimism to the pessimist, and wakes the sleeping adventurer in many; I am witness to how many young people from all walks of life are touched by his story.
- Title: Dreams of a Refugee: From the Middle East to Mount Everest
- Author: Mostafa Salameh
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781472927521, 9781472943835, 147294383X, 1472927524
- Resource ID: LLS:9781472927521
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-13T22:07:07Z
Mostafa Salameh is a Jordanian mountaineer who has completed the Seven Summits, including Mount Everest in 2008, and the North and South poles. He is also a motivational speaker and campaigner for anti-radicalisation.