From the Author
This is a true story about exceptional challenges I faced in my personal life, including the loss of my mother to cancer while young, unjust persecution of my father in a soviet prison, and losing my face to a devastating injury caused by a signal rocket. In this book you'll also read how ordinary, culturally Muslim, people of Uzbekistan live and go about their lives, how our nation struggled after the break up of the former Soviet Union, and how I learned to survive in this corrupted society right after my high school years. You will also learn about how I was discovered by two Americans while I was hopeless in a communist hospital following the massive injury I suffered, how ordinary citizens of the United States helped me recover and rebuild my face in Seattle, how God worked miracles in my life, and how I found my Christian faith in America, which wasn't easy considering the Muslim background I've had.
About the Author
Ahror Rahmedov, Uzbek by nationality, grew up on the outskirts of Tashkent City in Uzbekistan, in Central Asia, at the center of famous Silk Road. His youth coincided with the break-up of the former USSR, and the eventual independence of his country. He has had to endure exceptional challenges, both societal and personal, in a difficult post-Soviet era, learning quickly how to survive in this new society. Things were going well until one day at a wedding feast he was struck in the face by a signal rocket. His face was destroyed, but miraculously, he was able to stay alive, to work his way through Uzbek medical bureaucracy and find his way to the United States for reconstructive surgeries. Here he found his lost face and regained his faith. Ahror inspires many by his remarkable drive to go on in the face of difficulties. He currently attends UCLA and plans to get his Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering.
