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Tasting the Sky
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood | Ibtisam Barakat
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Winner, Arab American National Museum Book Award for Children's/YA Literature, among other awards and honors. "When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. With candor and courage, she stitches together memories of her childhood: fear and confusion as bombs explode near her home and she is separated from her family; the harshness of life as a Palestinian refugee; her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is the beginning of her passionate connection to words, and as language becomes her refuge, allowing her to piece together the fragments of her world, it becomes her true home. Transcending the particulars of politics, this illuminating and timely book provides a telling glimpse into a little-known culture that has become an increasingly important part of the puzzle of world peace.
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#LetsTravelAugust Day 23: Despite the intensity of the narrative, there is a quiet understated-ness in how everything is conveyed that made the experience personal and intimate. It is like a story being told just for the reader, to make the reader understand what life had been like for this Palestinian girl who had to stay in an #Orphanage during the time of the Occupation. My review of this riveting true story: https://wp.me/pDlzr-fev

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I haven't read this one yet but I have heard good things and hope to get to it this year. #SetInTheMiddleEast #MayBookFlowers #TBR #BookNerd 📚❤️

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Currently reading this novel for our #MiddleEastLit reading theme til end of June at GatheringBooks. Do read along with us and share your favourite reads from or about the Middle East, Arab world, Muslim culture, Muslims in diaspora.

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GatheringBooks @TobeyTheScavengerMonk thanks for the recommendations! the blurbs both sound interesting. will definitely check em out. 8y
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