Beyond the Golden Door

Seeing the American Dream Through an Immigrant's Eyes

By: Ali Master

Narrated by: Ali Master

In this powerful and inspiring memoir, a Pakistani immigrant shares his story of finding new freedoms and a new faith in America.

It’s easy to talk about freedom. But unless someone has lived in a world that suffocates freedom, it’s difficult to appreciate the liberty found in America. This is the true story of a Pakistani Muslim who immigrates to the United States for college and discovers five transformational freedoms along the way: the freedom to fail and start over, to love, to choose one’s faith, to be an entrepreneur, and to self-govern.

Contrasting these precious freedoms with the life he lived in Pakistan, Ali’s story reveals that God is the true source of liberty as He works in people’s lives to bring about redemption. A call to value and preserve American freedoms, Beyond the Golden Door is also an invitation for readers to consider ultimate freedom in Jesus Christ.

©2019 Ali Master (P)2022 Ali Master

A perfect book for people who want to move to USA

The author Ali master wrote a good book depicting his own experiences moving from Pakistan to USA. The book is overall good and the real-life experiences make it better for us to relate to the author.

Interesting and much-consuming

I loved this book for its contents. For the right audience, this book will be both informational and interesting.

A Golden Story

Ali’s story is honest and compelling. His perspective as an immigrant from a Muslim nation is eye opening. As a fellow believer, I also found his testimony challenging. Just a great book!

Humbling!

I want to start off by saying that I wanted to select a book to read and review that was outside of my usual horror and sci-fi book habits, and I'm so glad that I did! There are some books out there that will, without a doubt, humble you and make you appreciate everything that you have in life. I want to give this book a 4 out of 5 rating. Here’s why:

This book is a memoir of the author’s personal testimony on the “American Dream” as a Pakistani immigrant. The book is broken up into three parts that outline the author’s departure from their home country, arriving to the US, and experiencing the US and its freedoms and everything that can come with it: good and bad.

I really like how the author is extremely relatable in many ways, but there are also many ways in which they are not relatable to me personally. That’s actually what kept me interested in continuing this story. The author explaining life in Pakistan made me somehow feel their struggle. Not empathetically, but through their words and feelings conveyed in the book. I felt the frustration that the author must have felt while facing road block after road block in life on the journey to America and even after arriving. We sometimes forget as Americans the magnitude of the freedoms and access to resources that we have. Things that might not seem natural rights to us, such as who we marry, being in a democracy, fair trials, choice of career, religion, can be life or death for someone in a different country. Religion is a topic that is heavily discussed in this book and I definitely related to the religious struggle as well.

I could talk on and on about the topics discussed in this book, but I won’t in order to prevent from revealing spoilers. The author speaks in a clear, concise, and easily understandable method. The author also has sense of humor that I found delightful while reading.

At the end of the book, it left me with the question in my mind of if the author really and truly found their “American Dream” or not. We will leave that up to the readers to decide!

I really enjoyed this book that was outside of my comfort zone, and I plan to read more just like it!

Compelling life story that Leo me listening intently

This book a so incredible. The story makes us realize the hardships many of our valuable immigrants face as they journey through our country.

Listening to Ali Master’s life in first person was amazing!

I really enjoyed listening to the author read “Beyond the Golden Door”. That made it more personable to me. I listened intently to Ali’s personal biography as he described going from a rich and luxurious lifestyle to just a normal one where he would have to serve himself in his various daily duties. He tells about coming to America and enjoying new found freedoms. Meeting the love of his life was a great part of the book. I enjoy how he involved the reader with questions for myself to answer and ponder on.  Y’all should get this book! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

An engaging personal story of love redemption and grace - Must read!

The author beautifully brings out the significance of the freedoms we take for granted everyday, and protections offered by the statues of this country. To love your God and your country.
The authors personal journey towards Christ skillfully woven into this narrative gives hope and strength to look forward in life in spite of personal failures.

Important words lost in a tin can

The production quality detracts from the message. While it is great to hear an author’s voice, sometimes it would be best to hire a professional to read to convey the appropriate message