Publication
Imprint: Charlottesville, Virginia : Just World Books, c2015. Responsibility: Leila Abdelrazaq. OCLC Number: 905732162. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 125 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 23 cm. Features: Includes glossary.
Call number
Graphic / Abdel
ISBN
9781935982401
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Coming-of-age story about a young boy named Ahmad struggling to find his place in the world. Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the thousands of Palestinians who fled their homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel. In this visually arresting graphic novel, Leila Abdelrazaq explores her father's childhood in the 1960s and '70s from a boy's eye view as he witnesses the world crumbling around him and attempts to carry on, forging his own path in the midst of terrible uncertainty.
FY2018 /
FY2018 /
Physical description
125 p.; 22 cm
Awards
Palestine Book Award (Shortlist — 2015)
Prix Artémisia (Nominee — 2019)
Description
Coming-of-age story about a young boy named Ahmad struggling to find his place in the world. Raised in a refugee camp called Baddawi in northern Lebanon, Ahmad is just one of the thousands of Palestinians who fled their homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel. In this visually arresting graphic novel, Leila Abdelrazaq explores her father's childhood in the 1960s and '70s from a boy's eye view as he witnesses the world crumbling around him and attempts to carry on, forging his own path in the midst of terrible uncertainty.
Language
Original language
English
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LibraryThing member villemezbrown
There have been a lot of graphic novels recently about the Middle East and the strife there. And here is yet another. This one focuses in so closely on the day-to-day life of a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon that the larger forces buffeting his life and causing misery are left a bit vague. With
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little insight offered into what makes the Palestinian situation unique, this reader is simply left with the very obvious conclusion that living in a war zone sucks and a smart person gets the hell out of there. Show Less
LibraryThing member jennybeast
There's a powerful story in here, and I appreciate learning more about Palestinian history. However, I found a lot of the art and the narrative difficult to follow -- it's not always easy to tell what's going on, or why she's telling a particular story -- the narrative just doesn't hold together as
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well as I would like it to. Show Less