Tasting the Sky
Winner, Arab American National Museum Book Award for Children's/YA Literature, among other awards and honors.
In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of
the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a
child whose world is shattered by war. With candor and courage, she
stitches together memories of her childhood: fear and confusion as bombs
explode near her home and she is separated from her family; the
harshness of life as a Palestinian refugee; her unexpected joy when
she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is the
beginning of her passionate connection to words, and as language
becomes her refuge, allowing her to piece together the fragments of her
world, it becomes her true home.
Transcending the particulars of politics, this illuminating and timely book provides a telling glimpse into a little-known culture that has become an increasingly important part of the puzzle of world peace.
Transcending the particulars of politics, this illuminating and timely book provides a telling glimpse into a little-known culture that has become an increasingly important part of the puzzle of world peace.
