Basedonhistory Stories

Yasir is an Iraqi boy raised during war times. Faruq, his father, is drafted to the frontline. Before leaving, he tells his family to escape the country. Yasir, his mother Zeinab and his brother Omar go on their way escaping the country and leaving Faruq behind.

The Great Ones is not a list of achievements. It is a pilgrimage through the minds, souls, and scars of those who shaped humanity with nothing but their thoughts, questions, and courage. This is not about power. It's about people who dared to walk away, to think differently, to love radically, and to live with purpose. Journey with Siddhartha, Confucius, Socrates, and Jesus - not as myths or messiahs, but as people who bled, cried, doubted, and rose beyond themselves. Each chapter brings stories of suffering, sacrifice, and awakening, drawn from history and told in a voice that speaks to the soul. This is not a textbook. It's a mirror. Read it slowly. Let it change you.

Paris, 1942. When ten-year-old Sarah Starzynski and her family are taken during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, she locks her little brother Michel in their secret cupboard, promising to return for him. These are the letters she might have written - words of hope, fear, and love carried through camps, escape, and silence. Though Sarah and Michel are fictional, the tragedy they inhabit was real. Their story honors the thousands of children whose voices were lost during the Holocaust, and the families who never stopped searching. "Lettres à Michel" is a tribute to innocence and memory - a reminder that even in history's darkest corners, love still writes.