For a young refugee living with loss and terror filled memories time is measured by the next bucket of water the next portion of bread and the next call to prayer.
The roses in my carpets.
The roses in my carpets is a masterful tale of a young afghan refugee by toronto writer rukhsana khan.
The roses in my carpets.
In a recurring nightmare the boy narrator flees with his mother and.
With the unfolding of historical events it is probably destined to be a classic.
Here where everything walls floor courtyard is mud a boy s heart can still long for freedom independence and safety.
Except that is when he escaped into his work as an apprentice carpet weaver.
It is based on a true story that of the author s foster child in peshawar pakistan.
In the roses in my carpets an afghani boy lives in a mud drenched refugee camp caring for his mother and sister and measuring his life by the next trip to the well or finding the next piece of bread.