Hidayat inayat khan biography sample

Hidayat spoke rarely about the period of his life at the beginning of World War II. We stroke a friendship from a common dislike that would eventually inspire this research.

When I meet Hidayat Inayat Khan for the first time, as I introduced myself, he responded in French. His first words as he questioned me were “What is your opinion of General de Gaulle?”

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I was certainly surprised by his boldness in asking such a question.

I chose the path of honesty: “I am a child of May 1968.

Hazrat inayat khan

I studied in Nanterre and participated in the French demonstrations in Paris. The young students of my generation wanted freedom from authoritarian leadership exemplified by De Gaulle and often our own father at home. I can say that I did not like De Gaulle at that time in my life.

Later on, I read about De Gaulle during World War II and understood why my father liked him so much as he spent five years in Germany as a prisoner of war.” Hidayat’s response surprised me: