The First Hostage: a J. B. Collins Novel
“No one spoke for several moments. Everyone seemed to be processing both the chilling words and images. Every minute that went by, I had more questions, but I didn’t feel it was my place to ask. Not yet. I wanted to see how the king and the prince and the generals would react to the tape, not to me.
Meanwhile, the young military aide who attended to the king’s every need was typing furiously on a laptop. I would soon learn he had been creating a precise transcript of Abu Khalif’s words in Arabic and then producing a flawless English interpretation. When he was finished, he printed out copies of both and handed them to each person in the room. I’d gotten most of what Khalif had said the first time. He had spoken slowly and deliberately, so in that sense it was easier for me to process. There was some vocabulary and several theological references that I didn’t immediately understand. But reading both the Arabic and the English versions just moments after watching the video and hearing th...e words spoken was enormously helpful.MoreLess
Meanwhile, the young military aide who attended to the king’s every need was typing furiously on a laptop. I would soon learn he had been creating a precise transcript of Abu Khalif’s words in Arabic and then producing a flawless English interpretation. When he was finished, he printed out copies of both and handed them to each person in the room. I’d gotten most of what Khalif had said the first time. He had spoken slowly and deliberately, so in that sense it was easier for me to process. There was some vocabulary and several theological references that I didn’t immediately understand. But reading both the Arabic and the English versions just moments after watching the video and hearing th...e words spoken was enormously helpful.MoreLess
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