Rihazudin Razik

Author of If You Hug Me, I Will Fall

A memoir of resilience, recovery, and the quiet strength behind endurance.

Mohamed Rihazudin Razik, known publicly as Rihazudin, is a Sri Lankan author whose life has been shaped by years of complex medical challenges, multiple surgeries, and long recovery. Out of that lived experience emerged a memoir that does not seek sympathy, but meaning: If You Hug Me, I Will Fall.

This book is not a performance of survival. It is a testimony of patience, dignity, and the unseen work of standing back up.

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As Featured In

Independent coverage and features have appeared in:

  • The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
  • Sunday Island
  • Daily FT
  • Daily Mirror
  • Newswire Sri Lanka

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Why This Story Matters

Many stories celebrate dramatic triumph. This one honours the slower, quieter work: choosing to persist when progress is invisible, finding identity beyond diagnosis, and redefining strength without spectacle.