Hostage Survivor: A True Story

My name is Ali Mohammed, 58 Ethiopian origin lives in South Africa. I am not a writer and had no experience on writing, but there is something pushing me from inside to go ahead, to tell the truth to get rid of the bad things that happened, which I kept it to myself.

HOSTAGE SURVIVOR is based on a true event that took place in the western Ethiopia in South Wellega a place called Jarso, (Sirba 1) and that was the beginning. It focused on one man`s long and difficult journey.

The story displays how a single incident that happened in a blink of an eye could have the power to maneuver my future in different directions without pre - conditions. Initially it was written as an attempt of healing from the trauma which resulted from the tragedy.

However it is not easy to avoid the emotional pain and the anger, which pops-up suddenly at any time, sometimes the past comes at the front and manifests in many different ways.

HOSTAGE SURVIVOR, is written in a form of novel, which takes us from one challenge to the extreme, which looks very deem and impossible to overcome. It also displays how a great deal of internal strength patience hope and with blessing of the creator will take us to the next stage. At the end of everything I myself have changed I have learn to see prospectively and appreciative of everything I do not get depressed easily, bored or stressed even if something bad happened to me I say thank you.

I had been through grueling and despicable conditions under captivity, I believe everything happened for a reason.The hardship I went through would serve as a bench mark, a measuring stick for any challenge I might be facing.

Ali Mohammed