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The Boy From Aleppo Who Painted the War by Sumia Sukkar
bookshelves: syria, war, autumn-2014, art-forms, published-2013, play-dramatisation
Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura
Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners
Read on November 09, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nqpd0Description: Adam is a 14-year-old boy with Asperger Syndrome who attempts to understand the Syrian conflict and its effect on his life by painting his feelings. Yasmine, his beautiful older sister, devotes herself to him, but has to cope with her own traumas when she is taken by soldiers. Their three brothers also struggle – on whether or not to take sides and the consequences of their eventual choices.
“I have the urge to paint and I can already see the painting in my head. Two young boys lying in the water with their bodies spread open, free, but their faces disfigured, burnt. It would be a black-and-white painting with the faces a spectrum of colours. It’s going to be horrible and beautiful all at the same time.”
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