Homes by Abu Bakr Al Rabeeah
In 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life. They moved to Homs, in Syria - just before the Syrian civil war broke out. Abu Bakr, one of eight children, was ten years old when the violence began on the streets around him: car bombings, attacks on his mosque and school, firebombs late at night. Homes tells of the strange juxtapositions of growing up in a war zone: horrific, unimaginable events punctuated by normalcy - soccer, cousins, video games, friends. Homes is the remarkable true story of how a young boy emerged from a war zone - and found safety in Canada - with a passion for sharing his story and telling the world what is truly happening in Syria. As told to her by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, writer Winnie Yeung has crafted a heartbreaking, hopeful, and urgently necessary book that provides a window into understanding Syria.
"Besides the terrific prose and its more harrowing details, what really makes the 220-page book special is its fully realized portrait of normal, everyday Syria slowly being chipped away at by numerous interests wrestling for powerOne of the book's great strengths is the on-the-streets feeling in Syria - kids playing soccer one moment, avoiding unknown peril sneaking through familiar alleys to avoid dangerous checkpoints the next." - Edmonton Journal
Abu Bakr al Rabeeah is a high school student in Edmonton, Canada. Winnie Yeung is a teacher who lives in Edmonton with her black pug, Zoe. Homes is her first book.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781988298283 |
| ISBN 10 | 1988298288 |
| Title | Homes |
| Author | Abu Bakr Al Rabeeah |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Freehand Books |
| Year published | 2018-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 180 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |