After almost 60 days on hunger strike, Yusuf Ali was emaciated and looked like ... him of his hopes for the future – to have his poetry published and to fulfil his dream of owning a Siberian ...

Time now for StoryCorps. Yusuf Ali made his living as a salesman. He sold everything from office furniture to ceiling tiles. No matter where his job took the family, though, Yusuf was known as the ...