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• On the Camino

  Jason, 1965-

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  With deceptively simple illustrations, this graphic memoir follows the author on a 500 mile historic pilgrimage through Spain as he walks the Camino de Santiagio on his 50th birthday. Blisters, bedbugs, conversations, odd encounters, small triumphs,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poppies of Iraq

  Findakly, Brigitte

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  A tender portrait of Brigitte Findakly's homeland, Iraq. This elegant, memory-filled, and intimate memoir touches on cultural practices, Saddam Hussein's state control and Findakly’s position as an Orthodox Christian in the Arab world. This memoir…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Arab of the Future

  a Graphic Memoir : a Childhood in the Middle East (1978-1984)

  Sattouf, Riad, 1978-

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  In striking graphic style, this biographical novel recounts the experiences of Riad, who with his French mother and Syrian father, leaves rural France and relocates to Libya and Syria as his father tries to connect with pan-Arabist undercurrents in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kabul Disco. Book 1, How I Managed Not to Be Abducted in Afghanistan

  Wild, Nicolas

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  In 2005, unemployed and homeless Frenchman Nicolas Wild decides to go and work in Kaboul, a city at the centre of unstable post-war Afghanistan. Nicolas is thrown into the middle of chaos, charged with drawing a cartoon to attract young people to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kobane Calling

  Greetings From Northern Syria

  Zerocalcare, 1983-

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  If you're after a tale of courage, friendship and community, this beautiful read could be the one for you. Confronting and humourously touching at the same time, the story follows Zerocalcare, an Italian cartoonist, who took a trip to the Middle…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

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  This is a fast-paced take on the Iranian Revolution told from the perspective of a young girl named Marji. Marji and her parents live in Iran under Shah, but when he is overthrown, the family struggles to adapt to the severe restrictions imposed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Best We Could Do

  An Illustrated Memoir

  Bui, Thi

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  Beautifully drawn and insightful, this graphic autobiography is ultimately about the triumph of the human spirit. Thi Bui's family escape from Vietnam as boat people after its fall in 1978. In America they tackle the myriad challenges of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heimat

  a German Family Album

  Krug, Nora

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  A highly powerful and original graphic novel, this is an unflinching study of what identity, family and home mean. Growing up in Nazi Germany, the author, feeling a deep sense of guilt over the atrocities of a war-torn country, tries to get to grips…Read moreRead more of this annotation