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- Salma Speaks Up [electronic resource] : by Ramadan, Danny.aut; Bron, Anna.aut; CloudLibrary;
Salma embraces her voice and speaks up for herself and her friends in book 4 of the award-winning Salma series. Salma’s best friend Riya has had a secret: she dreams of becoming a poet! So when their school’s Speech Club announces an assembly where the winner will get a spot in a city-wide writing workshop, Riya convinces Salma to join the club with her. But Nathan, another member of the club, keeps criticizing the girls for not speaking English “correctly.” Salma grows increasingly frustrated: why does Nathan get to decide which accents are good or bad? Also, Salma is worried about her beloved Khalou Dawood, who keeps canceling their dinner plans, although he claims he’s not sick. Through research and discussions with her family, Salma discovers what might be impacting Khalou and also gains the courage and confidence to embrace her voice and speak up for herself and others.EARLY CHAPTER BOOK SERIES: Book 4 in this easy chapter book series featuring a family from Syria by Lamda award-winning author Danny Ramadan, himself a former Syrian refugee. EXPLORES MENTAL HEALTH: Introduces young readers to Seasonal Affective Disorder, helping kids understand how seasons and environment can affect emotions and well-being. REPRESENTATION: Shows a young girl navigating the complexities of her religion and culture; sensitive and nuanced portrayal of a diverse diasporic Muslim community. EMPATHY AND RESILIENCE: Addresses discrimination around accents with honesty and empowers readers to embrace their own voices while standing up against unfair judgments. DYNAMIC AUTHOR: Danny Ramadan is a powerhouse author whose profile is only rising. BACKMATTER EXTRAS: Activity for kids in the back of each book in the series! FOR FANS OF: Dory Fantasmagory and Katie Woo and Friends LEVELING INFO: Coming soonChildren/juvenile.- Subjects: Electronic books.; Bullying; Prejudice & Racism; Performing Arts; Emotions & Feelings;
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- A house in the sky : a memoir / by Lindhout, Amanda.; Corbett, Sara.;
Includes bibliographical references."The spectacularly dramatic memoir of a woman whose curiosity about the world led her from rural Canada to imperiled and dangerous countries on every continent, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity in Somalia--a story of courage, resilience, and extraordinary grace.At the age of eighteen, Amanda Lindhout moved from her hardscrabble Alberta hometown to the big city--Calgary--and worked as a cocktail waitress, saving her tips so she could travel the globe. As a child, she escaped a violent household by paging through National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales. Now she would see those places for real. She backpacked through Latin America, Laos, Bangladesh, and India, and emboldened by each experience, went on to travel solo across Sudan, Syria, and Pakistan. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a TV reporter. And then, in August 2008, she traveled to Mogadishu, Somalia--"the most dangerous place on earth"--to report on the fighting there. On her fourth day in the country, she and her photojournalist companion were abducted. An astoundingly intimate and harrowing account of Lindhout's fifteen months as a captive, A House in the Sky illuminates the psychology, motivations, and desperate extremism of her young guards and the men in charge of them. She is kept in chains, nearly starved, and subjected to unthinkable abuse. She survives by imagining herself in a "house in the sky," looking down at the woman shackled below, and finding strength and hope in the power of her own mind. Lindhout's decision, upon her release, to counter the violence she endured by founding an organization to help the Somali people rebuild their country through education is a wrenching testament to the capacity of the human spirit and an astonishing portrait of the power of compassion and forgiveness"--Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Lindhout, Amanda.; Hostages; Journalists;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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- Commander Arian: A Story of Women, War and Freedom. by Sotorra, Alba,film director.; DogWoof (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by DogWoof in 2018.Hit by 5 bullets, Commander Arian experiences the cost of war in the flesh as she is forced to redefine her role in the struggle for women’s freedom.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Military history..; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; War.; Syria.; Women social reformers.;
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- Rebel. by El Arbi, Adil,film director.; Fallah, Bilall,film director.; Bensaihi, Aboubakr,actor.; Azabal, Lubna,actor.; Abboud, Tara,actor.; Bouab, Younes,actor.; Yellow Veil Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Aboubakr Bensaihi, Lubna Azabal, Tara Abboud, Younes BouabOriginally produced by Yellow Veil Pictures in 2022.When Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, he leaves Belgium to help war victims in Syria. But, having arrived, he is forced to join ISIS and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters, who promise to reunite him with his brother. Their mother, Leila, fights to protect the only thing she has left: her youngest son.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; War films.; Musicals.; War.; Syria.; Islam.; Action films.; Families.; Action and adventure films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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