Voice for Refuge (Our Stories Carried Us Here)

by Zaynab Abdi (Author) Achraf Attar (Illustrator)

Voice for Refuge (Our Stories Carried Us Here)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

Zaynab Abdi chronicles her journey from Somalia to Yemen and ultimately the United States, where she shares a stage with Malala and becomes a voice for refuge. Her graphic memoir is told in both English and Arabic.

Zaynab was born in Somalia and raised by her grandmother in Yemen, where they experienced a simple but beautiful life before unrest came to the country. Follow Zaynab as she flees to Egypt with her sister. Feel the love she is greeted with in America when she joins her mother and two sisters she has never met. Watch her grow as an advocate as she takes on the leadership opportunities within high school and university.

Upon meeting Malala Yousafzai, and speaking at the United Nations, she becomes a voice for refuge. "In America I found MY REFUGE, and my education. Now I use MY VOICE and speak out in order to promote more justice in the world." - Zaynab Abdi

The stunning black ink drawings come from the pen of Egyptian born artist Ashraf El-Attar. Voice for Refuge will be a powerful addition to classrooms and school libraries, expanding their collections to include the voice of Black, Muslim, Middle Eastern immigrant girls and women.

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... journey filled with sorrow and trauma yet, when she finally settled in Minnesota, she found purpose and opportunity through hard work and activism, speaking at the United Nations about girls' education in Yemen.

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Zaynab Abdi
Green Card Voices is a non-profit organization dedicated to building inclusive and integrated communities. Green Card Voices brings immigrants and their communities together through multimedia storytelling.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781949523256
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Green Card Voices
Publication date
May 02, 2023
Series
Our Stories Carried Us Here
BISAC categories
JNF053240 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Emigration & Immigration
JNF018010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JNF007000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
JNF062010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Biography
JNF052020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Customs, Traditions, Anthropology
JNF062040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Social Topics
Library of Congress categories
Childhood and youth
Immigrants
United States
Bilingual
Refugees
Graphic novels
Refugee children
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)
Nonfiction comics
Middle East
Autobiographical comics
Arabic language materials
Abdi, Zaynab
United State

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