| Edition |
Simon & Schuster export edition. |
| Description |
xxvii, 241 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Two-year-old Alan Kurdi's body washed up on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea on September 2, 2015, and overnight the world awoke to the reality of the Syrian refugee crisis. Tima Kurdi saw the shocking photo of her nephew in her home in Vancouver, Canada. Now she recounts her idyllic childhood in Syria, where she grew up with her brother Abdullah and other siblings in a tight-knit family. She emigrated to Canada, but much of her family remained in Damascus as war overtook her homeland. Their journey to safety was thwarted by politics, hounded by violence, and when tragedy struck, Tima suddenly found herself giving voice to those who didn't have an opportunity to speak for themselves. -- adapted from amazon.com info |
| Contents |
The City of Jasmine -- Homesick -- You are my life -- Ghalib -- Tough as a wolf -- Alan -- This is what the war has done to us -- God willing, it will get easier -- One foot forward and one backward -- God rest them in peace -- Nobody gets flowers by planting thorns -- In the blink of an eye -- They are like birds now -- Trees often transplanted never prosper -- Epilogue: Jasmine-scented air. |
| Subject |
Kurdi, Tima, 1970-
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Kurdî, Alan, 2012-2015 -- Family.
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Immigrants -- Canada -- Biography.
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Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Refugees.
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Syrians -- Canada -- Biography.
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Civil War (Syria : 2011- ) (OCoLC)fst01907471
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
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Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
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Syrians. (OCoLC)fst01141359
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Canada. (OCoLC)fst01204310
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Syria. (OCoLC)fst01208757
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| Chronological Term |
2011
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
My family's escape from Syria and our hope for a new home |
| Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Kurdi, Tima. Boy on the beach. Toronto : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2018 9781501175237 |
| ISBN |
9781982108519 (hardback) |
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1982108517 (hardback) |
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9781501175251 (ebook) |
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