I Remember Warm Rain
Written by Aruna Kenyi, Hassan Jeylani, Nasra Hassan, Navid Sabeti, Abdiaziz Mohemud, Hashim Abdi, Ridwan Hassan, Estella Omal, Hamid Karimian, Farah Jama, Mohamed Rashid Isaack, Jackson Benjamin, Kahiye Hassan, Aqila Sharafyar, Ali Mohamed
Published by The Telling Room
Fifteen teens, immigrants and refugees from countries such as Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Iran, are represented in our first anthology. Here, these young storytellers bravely share their tales of leaving home in hopes of finding a new one in America. You meet Ali killing hyenas and Aruna speaking to his father by phone after ten years of believing he is dead. You meet Kahiye, revealing his first experience of snow, and Stella doing something once forbidden to her, playing a game she loves.
These rich stories were written as part of The Telling Room’s yearlong Story House Project, a multi-media initiative built on the collaborative efforts of local artists, writers, filmmakers, sound technicians, teachers and the 15 young storytellers who bravely told their tales of leaving home in hopes of finding a new one in America.
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Publication Date: January 2007
Available As: Paperback
Memoir, Essay Collection, Nonfiction,
Community Represented: Afghan/Afghan American, Iranian/Iranian American, Kenyan/Kenyan American, Muslim/Muslim American, Somali/Somali American, South Sudanese/South Sudanese American
Themes: Citizenship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Anthology, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Undocumented, Refugee: Unspecified, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing
Setting: South Sudan (Nyepo), United States (Portland ME), Somalia (Bardere), Iran, Kenya (Nairobi and Kakuma refugee camp), Egypt, Afghanistan (Kabul)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Immigrant, Refugee
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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