This is a personal description of Hussain Al-Dhaheni, a former governor of a provenience of Saudi Arabia. It is told from the son's perspective. Every child is born with an unknown potential. A human being with a mind and soul to be shaped by outside events, family influences, culture, society, and the physical environment in person's destiny is known and often the seemingly predictable dismal future of an individual born into an environment without resources, knowledge, or creativity is eliminated by personal initiative, risk taking, and the willingness to be the deviate. My father was just such a man. Born into poverty and ignorance, he broke the mold of his Bedouin tribe, accepted the alienation of taking a stand against tradition, and built a life that produced a political career, 43 children, and a better life for all of the people of the Hafer Al-Baten province of Saudi Arabia. Many photographs included. Detail is intense. The description is a tale of the development of a region and life, is also applicable to an analysis essay.
