Detailed photography shows what these kinds of homes are made from, what they look like inside, and what other kinds of buildings are found in cities, such as schools, stores, and skyscrapers. Other interesting topics include transportation and how people living in cities are affected by extreme temperatures, earthquakes, hurricanes, and smog. A world map identifies the cities and countries featured in the book.
My daughter's junior high school has a therapy dog who belongs to one of the teachers and he is always there for anyone who needs a little bit of help in their day. In this case, dealing with a student who was new to the country, didn't speak the language, and who came from a country in turmoil, having a therapy dog was probably very soothing. Sorry in Charlotte, NC, otherwise would be so excited to attend. Love the camelback loveseat and fireside wingback chairs in last photo. Only the last couple of chapters are his story in Canada, of heading back to school, learning English, longing for old friends. Neighbours die in crossfires, bombs destroy nearby apartments or schools and the author explains how excited he is to be heading off to the first day of grade six, his last year in elementary school.
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I also had the fortune to spend a good chunk of my childhood in northern Virginia, where there is quite a bit of diversity. My father’s next door neighbors are from Iran, and when I was 19, I dated a guy who had been born in Iran but had been sent with his mother to Canada to escape the religious revolution in 1979. I’ve always been taught to look at a person’s heart, not the color of his skin, and also that true Islam is a religion of love and peace. It’s the extremists that have taken this religion and twisted into one of hate and violence. In 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life.
Despite seeing it on the news regularly, I would say that I was pretty apathetic to it all. That isn’t to say that I didn’t understand the tragic nature of an endless war, but it’s difficult to comprehend the enormity of it all. Abu Bakr’s Homes puts a face and a family to the horrors of daily life halfway around the world. Thoughtfully created by internationally renowned interior design firm Cecconi Simone, City Homes provides a familiar yet novel approach to urban living. The spacious, private residences offer a serene multilevel escape to entertain, relax, work and live comfortably, with two and three bedroom homes available.
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Rather it is to illustrate a viewpoint not often taken in such retelling of these events. I'm grateful the author and his teachers took the time to completely tell this story. Homes is the story of a boy, Abu Bakr, and his family living in Homs, Syria and their efforts to leave the violence of the Assad regime. Al Rabeeah and his teacher were astute to take on this project, to document what happened to him, and to help the rest of us even begin to understand it. It has a YA feel, and as others have said, would be a great start for a younger crowd on the topic of international war and being a refugee.
Once they arrive in Canada and are provided housing their new life begins. But the author still experiences the same feelings of daily fear as he did in Syria. But this time it is fear of the unknown, the incredible silence at night, and the loss of his extended family still in Syria. Days are often spent staying indoors with his cousins playing Grand Theft Auto while just out his window massacres are taking place and bombs are going off. But for the moment they are safe giggling young boys enjoying horseplay and PlayStation to pass the time. That is not to make light of the death and terror going on just beyond their walls, nor is it meant to indicate that it did not effect them.
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He finds a man’s jawbone on his father’s property and gives it a proper burial. Keep in mind he is a child; these are things no child should have to endure. It’s obvious why this book has affected so many people-it paints a vivid picture explaining why we may fear refugees when they come to our country, but this fear is so clearly unfounded. Bakr admits that when he came to Edmonton, those first few months he was angry and frustrated. So many people would condemn these feelings, claiming he should just be grateful for escaping the danger of Syria-which he most certainly is. And yet, as Canadians, we demand these refugees be forever happy and grateful just to be in a place that we so often complain about ourselves.
Abu Bakr al Rabeeah is a teenage Syrian refugee living in Edmonton with his family. There, he met ESL teacher Winnie Yeung, and they embarked together on the project of telling his and his family’s story. Also the immense challenges faced by parents trying to keep their children safe in all of this, as well as, later, the difficulty of adapting to an entirely new culture, climate and language. What I love about this book is the voice; it breaks down the barriers of us vs. them, which is such a prevalent theme when it comes to stories of refugees. Instead, Bakr’s childhood is one that seems familiar to me, and will ring true for many Western readers.
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The book explores the development of Kansas City’s architectural treasures, built during the city’s boom years. It explains how the city’s poshest residential districts came to be, beginning with Quality Hill in the 1850s, through the boom years of the 1920s, including the Sunset Hill and Mission Hills districts. Welcome to City Homes, DC's newest townhome-style community. Discover a timeless collection of connected residences on Quincy Lane envisioned by internationally renowned interior design firm, Cecconi Simone. What a very unique account of escaping war for a safer destination. Another reminder that it might well be true that Canada is the greatest country in the world.
In December 2014, Bakr was a 14yr old boy who loved soccer, video games and his family. After persistent appeals by his father to the UN, Bakr and his siblings and parents were finally leaving their war-torn homeland for Canada. Bakr details car bombings, mortar attacks on his street, seeing his first dead body and seeing the dead body of someone he knew. Everyday life of school, friends and family celebrations continue despite the escalating chaos all around them. January 2019, Bakr's memoir is a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award and CBC's Canada Reads.
But this isn't only moving because of its heartbreaking aspects. Bakr and his family do eventually arrive safely in Canada and begin anew. It only takes up the last part of the book, and while Bakr and his family work tirelessly to adapt, it is heartwarming to read about. Homes is the story of Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, as told to Winnie Yeung, about his family’s life in both Iraq and Syria before moving to Canada as refugees in 2015.
They moved to Homs, in Syria — just before the Syrian civil war broke out. This short memoir is written by a child about his time fleeing war torn first Iraq then Syria with is family to the safe haven of Edmonton Alberta Canada. Honestly I don’t really know what to say about this book. I kept forgetting throughout how young Abu Bakr really was and is and I can’t even begin to grasp all the pain and suffering at such a young age. It’s a truly moving yet terrifying true story that brought me to tears more then once and makes you so so grateful for the privilege and circumstances you have been born into.
Unfortunately, not long after their move to Syria, the country began to descend into civil war. Bakr spent years of his childhood seeing the destruction first-hand, from bombed buildings to death on the streets. He speaks of the ability to differentiate the odor of fresh blood spilled in the streets from the stench of a long-dead corpse buried in rubble.
For every person from Edmonton who lives overseas as an English teacher, this story will bring tears of pride to your eyes. Because Canada knows our responsibility to accept people running from horrible circumstances. Also, we have amazing, dedicated teachers who make dreams come true. For every person that has survived war and is trying to find a safe home for their children, this is a book of hope.
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