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Habibi

Hardcover • 2011 • English

Habibi

By Craig Thompson

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About the book

"Habibi", based on a Middle Eastern fable, tells the story of Dodola, who escapes being sold into slavery and rescues an abandoned baby she names Zam. They live in isolation in an old boat in the desert. As they age their relationship shifts from mother and son, to brother and sister and eventually lovers. In the meantime however Dodola is forced to prostitute herself to desert traders in order to provide for Zam. When he seeks an alternative means of income Dodola is captured by the Sultan and ...Show more

Afrofuturism / Black Speculative fiction
Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration

Book details

ISBN

9780571241323

Publisher

Faber Faber

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Habibi

Format

Hardcover

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