The Monk of Mokha

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A gripping, triumphant adventure” (Los Angeles Times) from bestselling writer Dave Eggers, the implausible true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana’a by civil war.

Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen’s central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral hometown to tour terraced farms high in the country’s rugged mountains and meet beleaguered but decided farmers. But when war engulfs the country and Saudi bombs rain down, Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen without sacrificing his dreams or abandoning his people.
An Amazon Best Book of February 2018: The Monk of Mokha is an unblinking, open account of a San Francisco-based Yemeni American’s success story. The sincerity and subject matter will make some cynics uneasy, and cynics would do well to keep away from this book, or be less cynical. Following in the path of What is the What and Zeitoun, Eggers delivers us the actual-life tale of Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a Muslim in his early twenties who seems to be on his way to a rather undistinguished life. But when he discovers the historic Yemeni connection to coffee production, he embarks on a quest to be able to change his path and provide direction. The adventure itself is riveting, but while you add in the history of coffee, the story becomes even more elevated. Mokhtar is an inspirational character, and Dave Eggers has written an entertaining, inspirational, and informative book. — Chris Schluep for the Amazon Book Review

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