![]() Meanwhile, religious fundamentalism is sweeping the slums, beguiling disenfranchised young men with the promise of better days ahead if they put their faith in Islam. Nabil insists that, without wealth and influence, a degree is a waste of time and, looking at the corruption that goes on in his father's world, Youssef is inclined to agree with him. He is estranged from his mother and his friends and he drops out of university to work at his father's hotel. ![]() He is his father's guilty secret, hidden away in a luxury flat, masquerading as a distant nephew when Nabil's important friends come round to talk politics. Suddenly, Youssef has a way out of slum life, though it comes at a price. Nabil has recently fallen out with his daughter and he seizes this opportunity to mould Youssef into the obedient son he has always wanted. ![]() ![]() He tracks down his real father, a wealthy businessman called Nabil Amrani who is surprisingly enthusiastic about his illegitimate son's arrival. ![]() Youssef has always been told that his father is dead, so when he finds out his mother has lied to conceal the fact that he was born out of wedlock, he plunges headlong into an identity crisis. Secret Son is the story of Youssef El-Mekki, the slum-dwelling teenage son of single mother Rachida. Summary: A simple and very readable story about a young man's struggle to carve an identity for himself in contemporary Morocco. ![]()
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