The Arbiter The nurses at Al Shifa Hospital in Makkah are well-trained, diligent and passionate about their work. They are very active as well. When I started to come around — returning to this world through the gate of the other world — I imagined the hospital as an army unit and the nurses as soldiers. Mostly Egyptians, they were active, agile young men aged between 23 and 35. Among my favourites is Walid Abdel Elah Ahmed, an Egyptian. A strong, good and cheerful young man with a wife and a...