Hakim's Odyssey - Book 1: From Syria to Turkey (Hardcover)

A remarkable recounting of a human journey through an inhumane world. What does it mean to be a "refugee"? It is easy for those who live in relative freedom to ignore or even to villainize people who have been forced to flee their homes. After all, it can be hard to identify with others' experiences when you haven't been in their shoes. In Hakim's Odyssey, we see firsthand how war can make anyone a refugee. Hakim, a successful young Syrian who had his whole life ahead of him, tells his story: how war forced him to leave everything behind, including his family, his friends, his home, and his business. After the Syrian uprising in 2011, Hakim was arrested and tortured, his town was bombed, his business was seized by the army, and members of his family were arrested or disappeared. This first leg of his odyssey follows Hakim as he travels from Syria to Lebanon, Lebanon to Jordan, and Jordan to Turkey, where he struggles to earn a living and dreams of one day returning to his home. This graphic novel is necessary reading for our time. Alternately hopeful and heartbreaking, Hakim's Odyssey is a story about what it means to be human in a world that sometimes fails to be humane.

General

Imprint:	Graphic Mundi
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Fabien Toulme
Translators:	Hannah Chute
Dimensions:	229 x 165 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-63779-000-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum
LSN:	1-63779-000-7
Barcode:	9781637790007

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