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"After escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family had reached a safe harbor, but woke up to the world of Donald Trump and a Muslim ban that would sever them from the grandmother, brothers, sisters, and cousins stranded in exile in Jordan. Welcome to the New World tells the Aldabaans' story. Resettled in Connecticut with little English, few friends, and even less money, the family of seven strive to create something like home. As a blur of language classes, job-training programs, and the fearsome first days of high school (with hijab) give way to normalcy, the Aldabaans are lulled into a sense of security. A white van cruising slowly past the house prompts some unease, which erupts into full terror when the family receives a death threat and is forced to flee and start all over yet again. The America in which the Aldabaans must make their way is by turns kind and ignorant, generous and cruel, uplifting and heartbreaking"--… (més)
This is a graphic novel based on the true story of a refugee family from Syria, who arrive in the US the very day Trump is elected. The book developed out of a series of reporting by a journalist. The story illustrates the family’s entry in the US, the challenges of immigrating as Muslims with very little English, and the agony of leaving some family back in the Middle East, as well as the systems in place to help such families get settled. It also flashes back to the situation in Syria, the terror imposed on its people by the Assad regime, and describes the reasons the family must leave Syria. It is an enlightening story, presented with accessible illustrations. ( )
This graphic novel takes a hard look at the struggles of a family of Syrian refugees who arrive in the US on the day of the 2016 Presidential election. The author showcases both teen and parent struggle of trying to fit in, the desire of achieving the American Dream, the worry of how long they will receive help from their sponsors, and the realization that they do not fit in, no matter how hard they try. The drawings are kept to a minimum, with only black and white used, so they don't take away from the story. The only issue I had was that the story ended abruptly, no indication of what happened to the family. It may be that the author chose to do so in order to leave the reader wondering and of the hope that, due to the fact that this was based on a real-life story, the reader my choose to seek out the answers for themselves. ( )
On the very day Donald Trump is elected U.S. President, Muslim refugees from the Syrian civil war make their way from Jordan to Connecticut, hoping for a new and better life free from want and danger but coping when reality offers them more of a muddle. Their story is told by a journalist with the New York Times and originally appeared as a serialized comic strip in the paper, winning the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
The story does a good job of capturing the vertigo of leaving behind the people and place you love for one that seems almost alien, the stress that puts upon you, and the relief that comes when caring people reach out to help you. ( )
Ibrahim and Issa hold on to the hope that their mother, who is still living in Jordan, will someday be able to join them here in the United States. (From the Epilogue)
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Expanded version of Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strips originally published as a twenty-two part series in the New York Times, though it does not include the final two chapters printed in the newspaper.
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"After escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family had reached a safe harbor, but woke up to the world of Donald Trump and a Muslim ban that would sever them from the grandmother, brothers, sisters, and cousins stranded in exile in Jordan. Welcome to the New World tells the Aldabaans' story. Resettled in Connecticut with little English, few friends, and even less money, the family of seven strive to create something like home. As a blur of language classes, job-training programs, and the fearsome first days of high school (with hijab) give way to normalcy, the Aldabaans are lulled into a sense of security. A white van cruising slowly past the house prompts some unease, which erupts into full terror when the family receives a death threat and is forced to flee and start all over yet again. The America in which the Aldabaans must make their way is by turns kind and ignorant, generous and cruel, uplifting and heartbreaking"--
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