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Young Riad is now a teenager and the tension between his two cultures - French and Syrian - fuling gis parents' conflict reaches a breaking point. Riad's father, Abdel-Razak, leaves to ork in Saudi Arabia and, after making the pilgrimage to Mecca, turns toward religion; Riad, in France, turns instead to his new discoveries - grils and Tom Cruise. Clementine, Riad's mother, is finally happy, back in a country where women have rights... Until Abdel-Razak shows up, leading the family on yet another journey, one that culminates in an act of unfathomable pain.
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The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir, Riad Sattouf
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- Released
- 2015
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Riad Sattouf
- Publisher
- METROPOLITAN BOOKS
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 153
- ISBN10
- 1627793445
- ISBN13
- 9781627793445
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Comics & Manga, Comic Books, Autobiographies & Memoirs, France, French Literature, Arabs
- First published
- 2014
- Original title
- The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- Young Riad is now a teenager and the tension between his two cultures - French and Syrian - fuling gis parents' conflict reaches a breaking point. Riad's father, Abdel-Razak, leaves to ork in Saudi Arabia and, after making the pilgrimage to Mecca, turns toward religion; Riad, in France, turns instead to his new discoveries - grils and Tom Cruise. Clementine, Riad's mother, is finally happy, back in a country where women have rights... Until Abdel-Razak shows up, leading the family on yet another journey, one that culminates in an act of unfathomable pain.