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Tarek Hussein

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Young Adult

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January 2012

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Tarek Hussein is a pharmacist and writer in Kingston, Ontario, with a lifelong passion for telling stories, writing songs, and taking pictures that capture the essence of life from his native Cairo to several parts of the world that he lived in and visited.

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Average rating: 3.96 · 49 ratings · 27 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Take Me Back to Cairo by Pamela Paterson (Goodreads Author), Tarek Hussein (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 49 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mommy Takes Cindy to Work by Pamela Paterson (Goodreads Author), Tarek Hussein (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Confirmation

They come in, sometimes still wearing the hospital band. Discharged that morning, a bag of new prescriptions, tired in the particular way a serious illness leaves behind. They only want to go home, take the thing, and sleep.

I read the list. And something catches.

A dose that doesn’t match the story. A medication that should have been stopped before they left, or started and wasn’t, or two that

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