Hakim's Odyssey: Book 1: From Syria to Turkey Contributor(s): Toulme, Fabien (Author), Chute, Hanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1637790007 ISBN-13: 9781637790007 Publisher: Graphic Mundi - Psu Press OUR PRICE: $25.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction - Biography & Memoir - History | Modern - 21st Century - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
Dewey: 741.594 |
LCCN: 2021017308 |
Physical Information: 1.26" H x 6.61" W x 9.13" (1.60 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: What does it mean to be a "refugee"? It is easy for those who live in relative freedom to ignore or even to villainize people who have been forced to flee their homes. After all, it can be hard to identify with others' experiences when you haven't been in their shoes. In Hakim's Odyssey, we see firsthand how war can make anyone a refugee. Hakim, a successful young Syrian who had his whole life ahead of him, tells his story: how war forced him to leave everything behind, including his family, his friends, his home, and his business. After the Syrian uprising in 2011, Hakim was arrested and tortured, his town was bombed, his business was seized by the army, and members of his family were arrested or disappeared. This first leg of his odyssey follows Hakim as he travels from Syria to Lebanon, Lebanon to Jordan, and Jordan to Turkey, where he struggles to earn a living and dreams of one day returning to his home. This graphic novel is necessary reading for our time. Alternately hopeful and heartbreaking, Hakim's Odyssey is a story about what it means to be human in a world that sometimes fails to be humane. |