Its 2011. Al-Fulani has been overthrown and his execution was broadcasted all over the country and by proxy all over the world. If there ever was a better time to leave the city it is now. Between succumbing to the natural elements, having to rely on the kindness of complete strangers and evading Al-Asad's homicidal mutineers. Leaving unscathed seems all but possible. They told him that going to university would prepare him for the life he had ahead of him. Not for what would directly threaten it.