Det er sommeren 1982 og Beirut er under belejring. 18-årige Ivans forældre er lige blevet evakueret fra byen med andre medlemmer af Den Palæstinensiske Befrielsesorganisation. Ivan bliver i byen og bliver venner med Eli, en norsk fysioterapeut. Men begivenhederne tager en ubehag…
Det er sommeren 1982 og Beirut er under belejring. 18-årige Ivans forældre er lige blevet evakueret fra byen med andre medlemmer af Den Palæstinensiske Befrielsesorganisation. Ivan bliver i byen og bliver venner med Eli, en norsk fysioterapeut. Men begivenhederne tager en ubehag…
During the summer of 1982, eighteen-year-old Ivan's parents are evacuated from Beirut. He chooses to stay behind and acts as an interpreter for international medical volunteers in a refugee camp. There he meets Eli, a Norwegian physiotherapist, and helps her treat Youssef, a cam…
Autobiografische roman waarin de Marokkaanse schrijver verhaalt van de nood die zijn ouders dwingt weg te trekken uit het Rifgebergte naar de grote stad.
Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is a memoir of a young Morocc…
Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is a memoir of a young Morocc…