Bøger af Ibtisam Barakat

The Lilac Girl is a beautifully written and illustrated imaginative story about the departure of renowned Palestinian artist and educator Tamam Al-Akhal from the city of Jaffa where she was born. The story portrays Tamam as a young girl who dreams about returning to her first home, which she has been away from for 75 years, since the Palestinian Nakba.

La fille couleur lilas est un bel album illustré racontant le départ de l'artiste et éducatrice palestinienne Tamam Al-Akhal de sa ville natale, Jaffa. Il peint le portrait d'une petite fille, Tamam, qui rêve de retourner dans la maison qu'elle a quittée 75 ans plus tôt, lors de l'exode palestinien. Tamam découvre qu'elle a un don pour le dessin et utilise son imagination pour dessiner sa maison dans sa tête. Une nuit, elle décide de s'y rendre et y trouve une autre petite fille, qui ne lui permet pas d'entrer et lui ferme la porte au nez. Submergée de tristesse, Tamam s'assied dehors et commence à dessiner sa maison sur une feuille de papier. À mesure qu'elle dessine, elle voit les couleurs de la maison s'échapper et la suivre. L'autre fille essaie de faire revenir les couleurs, en vain. Incolore et terne, la maison ressemble alors aux ar bres en hiver, nus, désolés et quelconques. Quand Tamam s'en va, les lieux se couvrent de lilas.

From award-winning Palestinian author Ibtisam Barakat comes a touching account of coming of age against a backdrop of political turmoil in the Middle East. Picking up where Ibtisam Barakat''s first memoir, Tasting the Sky, left off, Balcony on the Moon follows her through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. This memoir about pursuing dreams in the face of adversity chronicles Ibitsam''s desire to be a writer and shows how she finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it. But the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too. Enlightening and at times funny, Balcony on the Moon is a not often depicted look at daily life in a politically tumultuous region. A Margaret Ferguson BookPraise for Balcony on the Moon: ΓÇ£This is a compelling personal history, brimming with humor, wisdom, and empathy.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöPublishers Weekly, starred review ΓÇ£This intense memoir paints a dark picture of growing up in Israeli-occupied Palestine, where ΓÇÿwe are made to live with no land, no country, no rights, no safety, and no respect for our dignity.ΓÇÖ . . . A poetic, deeply felt coming-of-age story.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöKirkus Reviews, starred reviewΓÇ£[A] memoir and winner of the Arab American Book Award, Barakat moves beyond her early school years during the Six-Day War and its uprooting aftermath. She focuses on the years 1971ΓÇô81, when sheΓÇöa feisty protofeministΓÇöand her family shifted about in the occupied West Bank, trying to find a place that felt safe and like home. . . The beauty of the writing is its clear-eyed matter-of-fact-ness.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöBooklistΓÇ£Highly recommended for upper middle school and high school libraries.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöSchool Library Journal

In this ground-breaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, lbtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war.