Samira is bright, capable and dreams of a future running the family silk empire. Growing up on the banks of the Mediterranean, in Latakia, Syria, she is the favorite child of the wealthy Yacoob Masoud. Her future seems assured. However, her much older brother, Mahmoud, has spent his life struggling to please their father. He's suffered while running the family business and living in the shadow of a hidden shame. Mahmoud will stop at nothing to earn his father's respect and inherit the family fortune.
Neither child can imagine or predict the coming uprising against Syrian dictator, Bashar Assad. It will turn their lives upside down.
In a desperate bid to eliminate his rival, Mahmoud sells Samira into an arranged marriage to a young revolutionary. Migrants flood to Europe. ISIS rises. Samira and her family must decide who will lead and where they will look for salvation.
What You Meant for Evil is a powerful, contextualized retelling of the Genesis story of Joseph. Looking at scripture in this way, enables readers to see just how relevant and relatable these ancient stories are to our lives today.
Reading What You Meant for Evil won't just expose you to the biblical story of Joseph in an entirely new way. It will also give you a deeper understanding of the cultural and human issues at the heart of the Syrian refugee crisis and the future that portends for Europe.
