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Saud International SchoolSchool Life
Opinion12 SEPT 2026 · 1 MIN READ

A book that changed how I think

It wasn’t on the syllabus and I didn’t finish it fast — but it taught me to ask before agreeing.

WRITTEN BYNoura Al-Otaibi
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It was not on the syllabus. I found it on the third shelf of the library, the one nobody reaches, and I read the first twenty pages standing up.

Reading it twice, a week apart

  • The first read was for the story.
  • The second was for the questions the author never answers.
  • The third, a week later, was for the sentences I had underlined and forgotten.
It taught me to ask before agreeing.

من الكتاب، في الصفحة الحادية والسبعين: «لا تبدأ بالجواب، ابدأ بالسؤال الذي يزعجك.»

I still disagree with half of it. That is probably why I keep going back to it.