The Baghdad Clock, Shahad Al Rawi
The Baghdad Clock, Shahad Al Rawi
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The Baghdad Clock

Author: Shahad Al Rawi, Luke Leafgren

Narrator: Christine Tawfik

Unabridged: 7 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2018


Synopsis

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION 2018For fans of The Kite Runner comes this remarkable debut, the number one bestselling title in Iraq, Dubai and the UAEBaghdad, 1991. In the midst of the first Gulf War, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbours in an air raid shelter. There, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war, sharing their dreams, their hopes and their desires, and their first loves. But as they grow older and the bombs continue to fall, the international sanctions bite and friends begin to flee the country, the girls must face the fact that their lives will never be the same again.This poignant debut novel will spirit readers away to a world they know only from the television, revealing just what it is like to grow up in a city that is slowly disappearing in front of your eyes, and showing how in the toughest times, children can build up the greatest resilience.

About Shahad Al Rawi

Shahad Al Rawi was born in Baghdad in 1986. She is a writer and novelist. The Baghdad Clock is her first novel, and it went through three printings in the first months of publication. She is currently completing a PhD in Anthropology in Dubai.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Abrar

تماماً كما يحصل حين تختار احدى وصفات الحلويات اللذيذة التي تجذبك في مواقع الانترنت بشكلها المغري وتقرر أن تجربها بنفسك مستعيناً بخبرتك المتواضعة جداً ومستبدلاً تلك المكونات غير المتوفرة لديك ببدائل أخرى كي لا تفسد الوصفة فتنجح في الحصول على شكل جميل ولكنك تفشل في الحصول على طعم جيد أو ربما يحدث العك......more

Goodreads review by Odai

إنها رواية الحدث الذي لا يمكن أن تترجم أحوالها إلا بلسان جيل عاش مرارها وآلامها ليصنع من هذا الألم نوستالجيا الحنين الذي يضفي على وجه عابريه سحنة لا يمكن أن تتخطى قراءة شحوب وجعها بمجرد النظر إليها....إنها مآساة جيل الثمانينات والتسعينات الذي كتب له الشقاء والتعب وهذه بغداد التسعينات بخط عابريها مهما......more

4 resilient stars to The Baghdad Clock! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ This book landed on my radar when my friend, Paromjit, gave it five stars. I had to read it, and it did not disappoint! It is Baghdad in 1991. Two Iraqi girls become the best of friends while in an air raid shelter. Their hearts are pure and their i......more