Zeina Abirached
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When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two, separated by bricks and sandbags and threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina's parents don't return one afternoon from a visit to the other half of the city and the bombing grows ever closer,...
2) La oveja
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¿Qué harías tú si tu pelo se transformara en una oveja?
Un pequeño cómic con un gran mensaje de aceptación y tolerancia
¿Quién no ha luchado alguna vez contra la rebeldía de su propio cabello? ¿Quién no ha sufrido los estragos de un peluquero despiadado? La oveja cuenta el calvario que vive una niña al intentar domar su melena rizada: que si champús, peinados imposibles, turbantes, sombreros... hasta que solo le queda una última esperanza:...
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This expanded edition of A Game for Swallows features a new, illustrated afterword, as Abirached reflects on the meaning of her memoirs title, the graffiti that inspired it, and the future of Beirut. The city of Beirut is cut in two, separated by bricks and sandbags and threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeinas parents dont return one afternoon, the neighbors in her apartment...