Tarik's life is disrupted by a tyrannical regime in Egypt. He leaves home to continue his studies in a foreign country. How will he cope with the different weather, a different language and culture? Constant comparisons between life in his homeland and the new country create many conflicts. Will this prevent him from concentrating on his studies and overcoming the many challenges facing him? After a serious accident he develops a close bond with the girl who saved his life. Will he marry her or another girl in the new country, in which he increasingly feels at home? How does his family react to the decisions he makes in his new life? About the Author: Fathy Fares was born in Egypt, a son of a school director. After his high school education in Cairo, he studied engineering at a German university. He is married to a Hungarian / German woman. They have three children, one son and two daughters. Fathy migrated with his family to Australia. He studied further, adding to his engineering degrees higher qualifications in education. He was lecturing in engineering and wrote a few textbooks. Fathy was the chairman of a few committees in staff development, equal opportunity, teaching staff selection panel and multicultural policy party. His motivation to write came from his keen sense of observation and interest in history and human behaviour. He wrote many papers in education as well as short stories. He also was a study writer of the curriculum for technological studies of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board. He wrote six poetry books in Arabic which he recited on different ethnic broadcasting programs. Many of his poems and articles were published in magazines and newspapers of the Egyptian Society in Australia and on the Internet. Fathy made several videos in Arabic and English published on YouTube, Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. His first novel is A World He Left Behind and A Different Way of Life is his second novel.