This is an unbelievable compilation of short stories by Elsa Marston and it throws a different angle into the lives of teens in Arab World. The first look gave me the impression that life runs same whichever part of the world you are in; the daily struggles and small droplets of happiness makes it complete. Be it among the refugees of a camp or highly educated family reduced to eating from the floor owing to poverty, there are rays of hope and the glittering visions of future that goads them on.
The story in the same title from Iraq deals with a family and the kid hopes for his little red car from Santa Claus - the girl in the family gets a gift for their favorite teacher; I was thrilled reading this story. It might sound simple but there was truth and beauty in the narration. The story called “Honor” talks through honor killings in Jordan and “The Plan” is a wonderful storyline about brothers trying to ‘woo’ a teacher. There are other stories each with its unique way of capturing the hearts.
I liked the collection and would recommend…
sounds really nice... reminds me of Majid Majidi's movies.
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