Dear Ayatollah
US President Barack Obama is unlikely to be pleased at the news of
the sale of a piece of personal correspondence he wrote to his brother
some 20 years ago.
The handwritten letter was, according to The Telegraph, sold by Malik Obama to a private collector for an undisclosed amount, along with the manuscript of a book by the young Obama.
The letter offers a poignant look at a young, ambitious law graduate who seemed a bit uncertain of a future in public office while confiding in his brother about his reasons for running for Illinois State Senate.
In the letter, Barack also jokingly remarks at how quick his brother was to find himself a wife and asks his brother to tell him more about her.
Barack explains to his brother that his interest in politics is being spurred on by the “serious injustices blacks face” in the US. All in all, the letter shows a genuine warmth between the pair, a warmth which is reported to have cooled of late, with Malik having expressed to the media his disappointment in his brother since he became president.
The handwritten letter was, according to The Telegraph, sold by Malik Obama to a private collector for an undisclosed amount, along with the manuscript of a book by the young Obama.
The letter offers a poignant look at a young, ambitious law graduate who seemed a bit uncertain of a future in public office while confiding in his brother about his reasons for running for Illinois State Senate.
In the letter, Barack also jokingly remarks at how quick his brother was to find himself a wife and asks his brother to tell him more about her.
Barack explains to his brother that his interest in politics is being spurred on by the “serious injustices blacks face” in the US. All in all, the letter shows a genuine warmth between the pair, a warmth which is reported to have cooled of late, with Malik having expressed to the media his disappointment in his brother since he became president.
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