Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A child in Palestine A child in Palestine Nājī ʻAlī Naji al-Ali grew up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in the south Lebanese city of Sidon, where his gift for drawing was discovered by the Palestinian poet Ghassan Kanafani in the lat… OL15313413W
Making Refuge Making Refuge Catherine Besteman In Gesture and Power Yolanda Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality a… OL20240916W
Twin ambitions Twin ambitions Mo Farah This is the boy from Mogadishu, Somalia, who came to Britain at the age of 8, leaving behind his twin brother, with a few words of English and wanting to play for Arsenal. Fortunately his PE teacher … OL21178985W
Agustí Centelles Agustí Centelles Agustí Centelles Summary: Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée du 9 juin au 13 septembre 2009 à la galerie du Jeu de Paume à Paris. Est donné ici à voir par un témoignage photographique le parcours du photog… OL23203694W
Einbruch der Wirklichkeit Einbruch der Wirklichkeit Navid Kermani Zu Fuß, in Bussen, Gefängniswagen oder Sonderzügen zieht ein langer Flüchtlingstreck von der griechischen Insel Lesbos in Richtung Deutschland. Navid Kermani war im Herbst 2015 auf dieser "Balkanrout… OL27303333W
Faith and Courage in a Time of Trouble Faith and Courage in a Time of Trouble France Pruitt As Told to Judy Priven This book tells the story of a nominally Jewish Belgian family who spent more than four years during the Second World War as refugees in the south of France. The narrator was five years old when the … OL9719681W