The Monk of Mokha

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The Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating 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 homeland to tour terraced farms high in the country s rugged mountains and meet beleagured but determined 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. Download The Monk of Mokha Author Dave Eggers – kino-fada.fr Wow By the end of The Monk of Mokha , without a sip of coffee or tea for me , in me, I felt the stimulant of Dave Eggers non fiction book raising my energy This is one heck of an amazing rags to riches story.From DOORMAN.to CEO COFFEEMAN.our uplifting boost of energy comes from a guy name Mokhtar AlkhanshaliYemeni American Mokhtar grew up ...True account of Yemen American When he learns that coffee originated in Yemen, he employs passion, courage, creativity, humanitarianism to make Yemen coffee the world s best All that amid daunting poverty, war politics Pulitzer prize author Audio narrator passable, but not...There is a lesson in this oneor two Don t let anyone tell you can t do something And once you set your mind to something, you can do anything Well, in this case, said person was almost killed.multiple times But he DID IT He did what he set out to do which seemed like an impossibility.OK, this tells the story of Mokhtar Alkhanshali A young Yemeni growing up in San Francisco, just running around, being a punk, not caring about much of anything But he begins to see the way after being There is a lesson in this oneor two Don t let anyone tell you ca...This book made me appreciate coffeeThis is the kind of book that keeps you on the edge of the seat while rooting for the main guy to get over the obstacles and attain the goals they need to get Mokhtar Alkhanshali was born and raised in California His parents are from Yemen He discovers while working as a door attendant in a large residential building that Yemen was a major exporter of coffee beans for centuries and had a monopoly over coffee trade through the port of Mokha He wants t This book made me appreciate coffeeThis is the kind of book that keeps you on the edge of the seat while rooting for the main guy to get over the obstacles and attain the goals they need to get Mokhtar Alkhanshali was born and raised in California His parents are from Yemen He discovers while working as a door attendant in a large residential building that Yemen was a major exporter of coffee beans for centuries and had a monopoly over coffee trade through the port of Mokha He wants to revive the high quality of the Yemeni beans, and goes back to Yemen to explore the situation, but then 2011...The rags to riches story of a coffee importer, it sinteresting than that sounds Details are suspiciously sparse toward the end, but I like a happy ending Waffling between three and four stars.In a world filled with misery and pain, it s refreshing to read a well written, non fiction story of a member of our race who overcomes all shades of adversity to succeed when every deck is stacked against him Like his excellent Zeitoun, Eggers writes in an easily accessible narrative style that draws the reader into every facet of the story whether it s the personal...Eggers was the reason why I picked up this book someone at work handed me an ARC and I was like sure why not I didn t even realize it was non fiction until after the first chapterBut holy cow, it was spectacular It s about a Yemeni American who wants to bring high quality Yemen coffee back to the US and the rest of the world I had no idea about the history of coffee and wouldn t have thought I would find i... Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities Truth isn t.Mark TwainThis is one of those nonfiction books that seems so unbelievable that if it were fiction, you d think the author should have tried for somethingrealistic But had the subject of this biographical novel, Moktar Alkhanshali, stuck to what was considered possible, he wouldn t have achieved all that he has, and at such a young age Though maybe his youth and optimism, with a to Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities Truth isn t.Mark TwainThis is one of those nonfiction books that seems so unbelievable that if it were fiction, you d think the author should have tried for somethingrealistic But had the subject of this biographical novel, Moktar Alkhanshali, stuck to what was considered possible, he wouldn t have achieved all that he has, and at such a young age Though maybe his youth and optimism, with a touch of na vet thrown in for good measure, had something to do with it Moktar, a Muslim Yemeni American who grew up in a tough neighborhood in San Francisco called The Tenderloin, was a restless young man who knew how to survi... Conditions in Yemen were deteriorating Virtually no goods were being shipped out of the country Activity at the ports was concentrated on importing essentials Medicine was scarce and the vast majority of the country was suffering from food insecurity The UN considered Yemen on the brink of famine No one was prioritizin...It s hard to articulate my thoughts on this book better than Michael Lindgren already has in the Washington Post, but what the hell I ll give it a shot I liked the book, I don t regret reading it, but I won t recommend it to others, because after having read Eggers fiction and memoir, I m frankly disappointed.Monk of Mokha is the remarkably true story of Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a Yemeni American Millennial who overcame some pretty harrowing odds to become a successful importer of specialty coffe It s hard to articulate my thoughts on this book better than Michael Lindgren already has in the Washington Post, but what the hell I ll give it a shot I liked the book, I don t regret reading it, but I won t recommend it to others, because after having read Eggers fiction and memoir, I m frankly disappointed.Monk of Mokha is the remarkably true story of Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a Yemeni American Millennial who overcame some pretty harrowing odds to become a successful i...

The Monk of Mokha
  • English
  • 27 October 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 368 pages
  • Dave Eggers
  • The Monk of Mokha