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 ten 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.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 305.9/06914092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- a-iq---
- ISBN
- 9781988298306 9781988298283
- LCCN
- HV640.5.I76
- LCCN Item number
- A47 2018eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (216 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00976090 (CaOOCEL)455555
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Abu Bakr al Rabeeah’s family and friends 13
- Where Did the Sun Go? 15
- The Sweet Life 25
- A New Life 33
- Wait, Wait, Little One 41
- Strange Lullaby 49
- My First Massacre 67
- And Then a Second One 79
- Damascus 89
- Oh, Father 107
- The Night of Power 115
- Winter 127
- Thirteen 135
- The Apprentice 147
- If God Allows It 161
- Damascus in a Different Light 167
- The Last Squeeze 173
- Buses, Airports, and Selfies 177
- Enroute to Canada 183
- Edmonton 187
- Back to School 193
- A New Language 207
- Afterword 215
- ENDNOTES 221
- Abu Bakr’s Acknowledgments 223
- Winnie’s Acknowledgments 224
