"Using a trauma-informed approach to gathering stories, this . . . collection of 19 stories illuminates the range of challenges and successes met by the latest generation of displaced peoples from Afghanistan"--Provided by publishers.
Izzy struggles with her parents' separation, starting middle school, and more, but especially the effect her friendship with her Muslim neighbor, Sitara, has on her best friends, Zelda and Piper.
In today's uncertain world, many families are leaving their home countries and seeking a better life in the United States. "Immigrants from Afghanistan and the Middle East" explores the stories of two families who left their home countries to find a better life in the United States. Follow their journeys to find out why they left their homelands and understand the challenges they faced in moving to a new country.
Told in two voices Mati, a devout Muslim from Afghanistan, and Elise, a seventeen-year-old whose brother was killed there, try to keep their budding romance secret from their families.
Izzy struggles with her parents' separation, starting middle school, and more, but especially the effect her friendship with her Muslim neighbor, Sitara, has on her best friends, Zelda and Piper.
Told in two voices Mati, a devout Muslim from Afghanistan, and Elise, a seventeen-year-old whose brother was killed there, try to keep their budding romance secret from their families.
"Soon after fleeing Afghanistan and moving to London with her family, Aliya's brother is accused of being a terrorist. Aliya begins to doubt her brother's innocence when Dan, a young man who does plumbing work in their new house, finds a gun in their bathroom. Dan discovers that his own father might have links to the brother, but he holds his tongue. Aliya and Dan try to find out the truth in order to protect both their families"--Amazon.com.
What would you do if, when you were ten, you were left to fend for yourself, and, in order to survive, you had to undertake a harrowing journey all the way from Afghanistan to Italy?.
an Afghan girl on the other side of the sky : [a memoir]
Ahmedi, Farah
2005
Recounts the epic journey of the author from her childhood in Afghanistan, her escape from death after stepping on a land mine, her escape to America and the assimilation into her new life.
