![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. 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. Life as a Palestinian refugee her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. Book Summary: Ibtisam Barakat was just three years old when the 1967 Six-Day War erupted in. 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 Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat. ![]() 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. Just forget!"īut I do not want to do what Mother says. "When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us. Her memoir, Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood (2007), received considerable critical acclaim, was chosen by Booklist as one of the Top Ten Biographies for Youth, received the 2008 International Reading Association’s Best Nonfiction Book Award for Children and Young Adults as well as the Arab American National Museum Book Award for. Winner, Arab American National Museum Book Award for Children's/YA Literature, among other awards and honors. ![]()
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