Alghoul, Asmaa

Summary: "Born in Rafah, raised in Gaza, subjected both to Israeli bombs and to Islamist tyranny, against the threats of prison, violence, and death, faced with misogyny and repression, Asmaa Alghoul has spoken her truth by any means necessary. She has continued to live and to love, to laugh, to write, to dream, and to protest. In this moving memoir of growing up in Gaza with a hunger for freedom and a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALGHOUL, ASMAA ALG

Sacco, Joe.

Summary: "From the great cartoonist-reporter, a sweeping, original investigation of a forgotten crime in the most vexed of places. Rafah, a town at the bottommost tip of the Gaza Strip, is a squalid place. Raw concrete buildings front trash-strewn alleys. The narrow streets are crowded with young children and unemployed men. On the border with Egypt, swaths of Rafah have been bulldozed to rubble. Rafah...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.04 SAC

Alabed, Bana

Summary: Bana's mother tells her of the strong bana tree that grows in their homeland, Syria, and how Bana's strength helped her survive war, being a refugee, and starting fresh in a new country.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALA