Dreams of a Refugee: From the Middle East to Mount Everest

by Mostafa Salameh 


ISBN-13          : 9781472927514

Publisher        : Bloomsbury USA

Publication date : 09/27/2016

Pages            : 256


Mostafa Salameh's extraordinary journey began with his birth to Palestinian

refugee parents in Kuwait in 1970. Through a chance meeting he came to

Edinburgh where he studied hospitality and read widely in Sufi religious

philosophy and world belief systems. Here he had a profoundly religious

experience which was to change the direction of his entire life.



One night Mostafa dreamt that he was standing atop Mount Everest reciting the

call to prayer. With no prior experience or training, he decided he would

follow his vision and climb. He failed to summit Everest twice before reaching

the summit in 2008 – he went on to become the first Jordanian Palestinian ever

to reach the North Pole and summit all seven highest peaks in the world.



Yet exploring is only half the story. As a devout Muslim, Mostafa is committed

to spreading the message of tolerant Islam and to helping others to take the

right path. A motivational speaker and activist, he is working to turn Arab

youth away from radicalization. Mostafa is a model for multiculturalism: born

Palestinian, raised in Jordan and Kuwait and identifying as Scottish, his wife

is a Catholic and he has 4 boys. Through climbing he has raised hundreds of

thousands of pounds for charity. 2016 will see Mostafa reach the South Pole to

become the first Muslim ever to complete the full distance and the screening

of a documentary of his life, filmed in Jordan, Edinburgh and Beirut.



Dreams of a Refugee tells the remarkable story of Mostafa's journey: his views

on the varied meanings of Jihad; being A Muslim ; Everest, the North Pole and

Climbing, tolerant Islam; Sufism and religious pluralism as well as his love

of Scotland, his adopted home country. At a time when positive images of Islam

can seem few and far between, Mostafa's story is one of extraordinary faith

and positivity that will appeal to religious and non-religious readers alike.


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Author Info:

Mostafa Salameh (born June 25, 1970) is a Jordanian-Scottish mountaineer who

has completed the Seven Summits--including Mount Everest in 2008--and the

North Pole. He is also a motivational speaker and campaigner for

anti-radicalization and progressive Islam.