"Fatima's life is beset with what seems to be disasters. Her journey leads her from Morocco to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Turkey and, finally, to China. It is in China that she realizes that what seemed at the time to be really unfortunate events were an integral part of her eventual fulfillment."--Jacket flap
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Cross Group, Folklore
Content: Bi/multilingual, Diverse Family, Economic Struggle
Settings: Africa, Asia, China, Eastern Asia, Egypt, Europe, Greece, Morocco, Northern Africa, Republic of Türkiye (Turkey), Southern Europe, Western Asia
Ethnicity: Chinese, Moroccan, Turkish
Immigration: Immigrant/Migrant
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American, Middle Eastern/North African/Arab
Religion: Muslim
Cross Group Sub: Central, Direct, Resolving
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary
Dari version available in the Bates catalog.
Pashto version available in the Bates catalog.