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Homes

A Refugee Story

by (author) Abu Bakr al Rabeeah & Winnie Yeung

read by Ali Momen

Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Initial publish date
Aug 2019
Subjects
General, Personal Memoirs, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781988298290
    Publish Date
    Apr 2018
    List Price
    $10.99

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Description

In 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life. They moved to Homs, in Syria - just before the Syrian civil war broke out.

Abu Bakr, one of eight children, was 10 years old when the violence began on the streets around him: car bombings, attacks on his mosque and school, firebombs late at night. Homes tells of the strange juxtapositions of growing up in a war zone: horrific, unimaginable events punctuated by normalcy - soccer, cousins, video games, friends.

Homes is the remarkable true story of how a young boy emerged from a war zone - and found safety in Canada - with a passion for sharing his story and telling the world what is truly happening in Syria. As told to her by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, writer Winnie Yeung has crafted a heartbreaking, hopeful, and urgently necessary book that provides a window into understanding Syria.

About the authors

Abu Bakr al Rabeeah is a high school student in Edmonton, Canada.

Winnie Yeung is a teacher who lives in Edmonton with her black pug, Zoe. Homes is her first book.

Abu Bakr al Rabeeah's profile page

Winnie Yeung has been an English Language Arts teacher for ten years. Homes is her first book. She lives in Edmonton with her black pug, Zoe.

Winnie Yeung's profile page

Ali Momen's profile page