![]() 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. ![]() This is the beginningof 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. 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. 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. Three-year-old Ibtisam, hunting frantically for a shoe, loses her family as they join the throng of anxious Palestinians fleeing Ramallah into Jordan. ![]() Just forget!"īut I do not want to do what Mother says. TASTING THE SKY A PALESTINIAN CHILDHOOD by Ibtisam Barakat RELEASE DATE: It’s the first night of the 1967 Six-Day War between Israel and Arab countries. ![]() Her family was forced to leave their home, traveling and living with other refugees, and to find ways to re-build their lives. ![]() "When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us. Tasting the Sky Grades 6 & up Autobiography Balcony on the Moon Book Summary: Ibtisam Barakat was just three years old when the 1967 Six-Day War erupted in Ramallah. Winner, Arab American National Museum Book Award for Children's/YA Literature, among other awards and honors. ![]()
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