The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi

The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi

In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani American girl whose passion for journalism starts a conversation about her grandmother's experience of the Partition of India and Pakistan--and the bond that the two form as she helps Dadi tell her story.

When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter--her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call "journalism."

As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for a subject for her documentary, the two of them start talking. About Dadi's childhood in northern India--and about the Partition that forced her to leave her home and relocate to the newly created Pakistan.

As details of Dadi's life are revealed, Dadi's personal story feels a lot more like the breaking news that Maha loves so much. And before she knows it, she has the subject of her documentary.

Faruqi, Saadia: - Saadia Faruqi, president of Faruqi & Associates, has almost 10 years of grant writing and development experience in the nonprofit sector, including at-risk youth, women's health, domestic violence, science education, adult and family literacy, and the arts. She also has extensive experience in public relations, communications, marketing, and finance. Prior to founding Faruqi & Associates, Saadia worked as Grants Administrator and later Grants Consultant for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston. She has also served as Development Director of Literacy Advance of Houston. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Karachi, in her native country of Pakistan. In 2001, she received the prestigious President's Student Service Award, granted by George W. Bush for volunteerism and student leadership. Saadia has always focused on improving the nonprofit sector; her research projects include a study on the relationships between funders and grantee organizations and how this impacts the grants awarded. This study, entitled Grantor-Grantee Relationships--A Research Study was published in the 2004 Issue. Saadia is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals, and founder and past Chair of the Grant Writers' Network of Greater Houston, an organization dedicated to providing professional development, training, and networking opportunities for grant writers in the Houston area. Saadia works and lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and two young children.

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ISBN 13	9780063115811
ISBN 10	0063115816
Title	The Partition Project
Author	Saadia Faruqi
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2024-02-27
Number of pages	416
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