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Journal of a Young Refugee

Journal of a Young Refugee

Kayed, Hicham

Paperback

Series: McGill-Queen's Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Book 20

General PhotographyImmigration & RefugeesWomen's Studies

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 12, 2027

ISBN10: 0228030048
ISBN13: 9780228030041
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Jan 12 2027
Pages: 172
Language: English

A camera in the hands of a displaced child is more than a tool for recording: It becomes a way of seeing. In Journal of a Young Refugee there are photographs of delicious oranges, street games, notes about schoolyard crushes, and playful poses in cool sunglasses - in short, we find hope and curiosity amidst the dislocation and constraint. This confronts what we as adults perceive as a backdrop of inevitable grief.

At the heart of the book is a collection of photographs and writings in Arabic and English by Syrian refugee children in Baalbek, near the Lebanon-Syria border, created during a series of workshops in 2012. Readers encounter candid reflections on aspirations despite upheaval, alongside images filled with longing, love, and a desire for home. New framing chapters place these narratives within the broader context of Syrian displacement. Particularly moving are interviews with several children who participated in the original project, conducted a decade later.

Powerful and profound, this gorgeous book is, in the words of Hicham Kayed, a chronicle of a challenging and creative journey to a place where dreams are safe again.

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