Baddawi
Charlottesville, Virginia : Just World Books, [2015]
Format: Book
Description: 125 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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.
Subjects:
Abdelrazaq, Ahmad K. -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Palestinian Arabs -- Lebanon -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Refugee camps -- Lebanon -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Abdelrazaq, Ahmad K. -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Palestinian Arabs -- Lebanon -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Refugee camps -- Lebanon -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
ISBN:
9781935982401
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GN Baddawi Abdelrazaq | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Graphic Novel | In |
GN Baddawi Abdelrazaq | Edgewood | Graphic Novel | In |