| Ghady & Rawan Contributor(s): Sharafeddine, Fatima (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477318526 ISBN-13: 9781477318522 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $16.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2019935331 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 134 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ghady and Rawan is a heartfelt and timely novel by the award-winning author Fatima Sharafeddine (The Servant, Cappuccino) and Samar Mahfouz Barraj. The novel follows the close-knit friendship of two Lebanese teenagers, Ghady, who lives with his family in Belgium, and Rawan, who lives in Lebanon. Ghady's family travels every summer to Beirut, where Ghady gets to spend all his time with Rawan and their other friends, enjoying their freedom from school. During the rest of the year, he and Rawan keep in touch by email. Through this correspondence, we learn about the daily ups and downs of their lives in Brussels and Beirut, including Ghady's homesickness and his struggles with racism at school, as well as Rawan's changing relationship to her family. The novel offers a glimpse into the lives of Lebanese adolescents while exploring a range of topics relevant to young people everywhere: bullying, parental conflicts, racism, belonging and identity, and peer pressure. Through the connection between the two main characters, Sharafeddine and Mahfouz Barraj show how the love and support of a good friend can help you through difficulties as well as sweeten life's triumphs and good times. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hussain, Sawad: - Sawad Hussain is an Arabic translator and litterateur who is passionate about Arab culture, history and literature.Sharafeddine, Fatima: - Fatima Sharafeddine is a writer, translator, and editor of children's and young adult literature living in Beirut and Brussels. She has written and published over 120 books, many of which have been translated into various languages.Barraj, Samar Mahfouz: - Samar Mahfouz Barraj is a prominent and award-winning Lebanese writer of children's and young adult literature in Arabic who has published sixty-one books.Qualey, M. Lynx: - M Lynx Qualey is founding editor of ArabLit (www.arablit.org). She loves reading, editing, translating, and talking about Arabic novels for young readers. |