Game for Swallows_ To Die, to Leave, to Return, A - Zeina Abirached.pdf - Biography Mega Pack - bogg

WHEN ZEINA WAS BORN, THE

CIVIL WAR IN LEBANON HAD BEEN

GOING ON FOR SIX YEARS, SO IT’S

JUST A NORMAL PART OF LIFE

FOR HER AND HER PARENTS AND

LITTLE BROTHER. THE CITY OF

BEIRUT IS CUT IN TWO BY BRICKS

AND SANDBAGS, THREATENED

BY SNIPERS AND SHELLING. EAST

BEIRUT IS FOR CHRISTIANS, AND

WEST BEIRUT IS FOR MUSLIMS.

WHEN ZEINA’S PARENTS DON’ T

RETURN FROM A VISIT TO THE

OTHER HALF OF THE CITY, AND

THE BOMBING GROWS CLOSER, THE

NEIGHBORS IN HER APARTMENT

HOUSE CREATE A WORLD INDOORS

FOR ZEINA AND HER BROTHER,

WHERE THEY CAN SHARE COOKING

LESSONS AND GAMES AND GOSSIP.

TOGETHER THEY TRY TO MAKE IT

THROUGH A DRAMATIC EVENING IN

THE ONE PLACE THEY HOPED THEY

WOULD ALWAYS BE SAFE---HOME.

ZEINA ABIRACHED, BORN INTO A

LEBANESE CHRISTIAN FAMILY IN

1981, HAS COLLECTED HER CHILDHOOD

MEMORIES OF BEIRUT IN A WARM

STORY ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.

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A GAME FOR SWALLOWS

TO DIE, TO LEAVE, TO RETURN

ZEINA ABIRACHED

GRAPHIC UNIVERSE ™ • MINNEAPOLIS • NEW YORK

Game for Swallows_ To Die, to Leave, to Return, A - Zeina Abirached.pdf