What Have You Left Behind?.
al-Maqtari, Bushra.
What Have You Left Behind?. - 1 online resource (154 pages)
Intro -- Praise -- Title Page -- Contents -- Map -- SOMEWHERE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH -- BUT IT FELL -- REEM'S TINY WINGS -- UNDER THE MANGO TREE THEY SLEEP -- A STORY THAT MUST BE PUT TO BED -- SIX METRES UNDER -- WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, MAMA -- WHAT HAPPENED WASN'T FATE AT ALL -- DEATH ON THE PIER -- THE FISHMONGER'S DITCH -- A HOLE FULL OF NIGHTMARES -- A BURNT SILVER RING -- THEY HAVEN'T LOST A SINGLE THING IN THIS WAR -- HALF OF THE SUNKEN BOAT -- THIEVES AND RESCUERS -- HIS EYE SAW WHAT HAPPENED -- A LOCKED ROOM FOR LOSS -- DO I COVER MY EARS OR THEIRS? -- DEATH GAME -- I SAW HER… SHE WAS DROWNING -- THE ACHE THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY -- MY BROTHER'S SOUL DIDN'T SURVIVE -- IT IS US WHO LOST OUR MEN -- THE APACHE ISN'T LOOKING FOR FISH -- SALLY, WHERE'S YOUR SISTER? -- NO ONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO US -- YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED MY MOTHER -- THEY STOLE MY JOY -- DEATH BY DECEPTION -- NO LONGER OUR CITY -- THIS IS THE APOCALYPSE, NOT WAR -- ON THE EDGE OF A CRATER -- MY GIRLS, IF ONLY -- I WAITED BUT SHE DIDN'T COME -- THEY DIDN'T DO A THING FOR MY SON -- WHAT ARE SNIPERS MADE OF? -- WHAT GOOD IS PATIENCE? -- THE PIGEONS NO LONGER COME BY -- RUNNING ON THE DAY OF NUQUM -- THEY WILL NEVER GET ENOUGH OF OUR BLOOD -- I HAVE NO ONE LEFT -- THE DOG DOESN'T BARK -- ONE OF THEM LET OUT AN 'AH' -- NOT A SINGLE PHOTO SURVIVED -- FOR REHAM BADR -- A LIST OF VICTIMS, IN BRIEF -- Illustrations -- About the Authors -- About the Book -- Copyright.
Reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich, What Have You Left Behind? powerfully draws together civilian accounts of the Yemeni civil war and serves as a vital reminder of the scale of the human tragedy behind the headlines.
9781804270028
Electronic books.
What Have You Left Behind?. - 1 online resource (154 pages)
Intro -- Praise -- Title Page -- Contents -- Map -- SOMEWHERE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH -- BUT IT FELL -- REEM'S TINY WINGS -- UNDER THE MANGO TREE THEY SLEEP -- A STORY THAT MUST BE PUT TO BED -- SIX METRES UNDER -- WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, MAMA -- WHAT HAPPENED WASN'T FATE AT ALL -- DEATH ON THE PIER -- THE FISHMONGER'S DITCH -- A HOLE FULL OF NIGHTMARES -- A BURNT SILVER RING -- THEY HAVEN'T LOST A SINGLE THING IN THIS WAR -- HALF OF THE SUNKEN BOAT -- THIEVES AND RESCUERS -- HIS EYE SAW WHAT HAPPENED -- A LOCKED ROOM FOR LOSS -- DO I COVER MY EARS OR THEIRS? -- DEATH GAME -- I SAW HER… SHE WAS DROWNING -- THE ACHE THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY -- MY BROTHER'S SOUL DIDN'T SURVIVE -- IT IS US WHO LOST OUR MEN -- THE APACHE ISN'T LOOKING FOR FISH -- SALLY, WHERE'S YOUR SISTER? -- NO ONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO US -- YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED MY MOTHER -- THEY STOLE MY JOY -- DEATH BY DECEPTION -- NO LONGER OUR CITY -- THIS IS THE APOCALYPSE, NOT WAR -- ON THE EDGE OF A CRATER -- MY GIRLS, IF ONLY -- I WAITED BUT SHE DIDN'T COME -- THEY DIDN'T DO A THING FOR MY SON -- WHAT ARE SNIPERS MADE OF? -- WHAT GOOD IS PATIENCE? -- THE PIGEONS NO LONGER COME BY -- RUNNING ON THE DAY OF NUQUM -- THEY WILL NEVER GET ENOUGH OF OUR BLOOD -- I HAVE NO ONE LEFT -- THE DOG DOESN'T BARK -- ONE OF THEM LET OUT AN 'AH' -- NOT A SINGLE PHOTO SURVIVED -- FOR REHAM BADR -- A LIST OF VICTIMS, IN BRIEF -- Illustrations -- About the Authors -- About the Book -- Copyright.
Reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich, What Have You Left Behind? powerfully draws together civilian accounts of the Yemeni civil war and serves as a vital reminder of the scale of the human tragedy behind the headlines.
9781804270028
Electronic books.