Khalil, Taha
Das Heft meines Freundes
A novel from Syrian Kurdistan
Translated from Arabic by Burgi Roos
Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, 1998
128 pages
Out of print
Ages 10 to 13

Since their first day of school, Asâd and Ali have sat next to and helped each other: Ali translates what the teacher says in Arabic, while the Kurd, Asâd, lends Ali his beautiful pen. A book about friendship and the negotiation of cultural differences.

Original: © 1998 by Verlag Nagel & Kimche, Zürich