Deep in the Sahara

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Lalla lives in the Muslim country of Mauritania, and than anything, she wants to wear a malafa, the colorful cloth Mauritanian women, like her mama and big sister, wear to cover their heads and clothes in public But it is not until Lalla realizes that a malafa is not just worn to show a woman s beauty and mystery or to honor tradition a malafa is for faith that Lalla s mother agrees to slip a long cloth as blue as the ink in the Koran over Lalla s head, under her arm, and round and round her body Then together, they pray An author s note and glossary are included in the back of the book. Free Read Deep in the Sahara Author Kelly Cunnane For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Woman, know thy place Girls who are grown up at age 10 can be sold as a wife if that is they aren t one of the 43,000 people born into slavery They are often fattened up in the process known as gavage the same name is given to geese force fed to enlarge their livers and given animal growth hormone as fat girls, even morbidly obese ones are considered beautiful and will bring a higher price from a husband Your husband of he s Saudia Arabian, might be purchasing you for siriya , Woman, know thy place Girls who are grown up at age 10 can be sold as a wife if that is they aren t one of the 43,000 people born into slavery They are often fattened up in the process known as gavage the same name is given to geese force fed to enlarge their livers and given animal growth hormone as fat girls, even morbidly obese ones are considered beautiful and will bring a higher price from a husband Your husband of he s Saudia Arabian, might be purchasing you for siriya , temporary marriage They like prepubescent girls there Sometimes they get rid of these wives when they enter puberty, or become pregnant or prostitute them out.Girls are often engaged at 8 to 10 and unmarried teenage girls face social opprobrium just as divorced women do, as mild as criticism and as extreme as becoming social outcasts FGM is rife, 90% of women have suffered beatings, 43% can read, 13% go on to secondary education 2% to tertiary and of the 54% of women in the work force, 0.65% earn the same as a man for the same jo...Read for my daughter Cute book Great illustrations What a malafa is for. a rhyming read A few foreign language words in the story along with English.Deception.Is anyone reading this book even familiar with the horrors of Mauritania I doubt most westerners could even locate it on a map.I work with a school near the Tana River in Kenya and am well acquainted with the various forms of Islam in East and West Africa I could also tell you of the commonness of ten year old brides, usually the third or fourth wife of an egocentric brute following in the footsteps of their pedophile founder, Mohammed The strains of African Islam vary in their Deception.Is anyone reading this book even familiar with the horrors of Mauritania I doubt most westerners could even locate it on a map.I work with a school near the Tana River in Kenya and am well acquainted with the various forms of Islam in East and West Africa I could also tell you of the commonness of ten year old brides, usually the third or fourth wife of an egocentric brute following in the footsteps of their pedophile founder, Mohammed The strains of African Islam vary in their fanaticism, but the end result is always the same bondage, abuse, a...Young Lalla wants to wear a malafa, a covering some Muslim women wear in Mautitania to cover themselves when they go out in public Lalla thinks the malafa is beautiful, mysterious, to look like a long ago queen,to belong like the older girls and women It isn t until Lalla realizes the most important reason for a malafa that she is given one.The colors are amazing in this book, so bright and vibrant Deep in the Sahara is a beautiful coming of age story for a young girl to understand the Young Lalla wants to wear a malafa, a covering some Muslim women wear in Mautitania to cover themselves when they go out in public Lalla thinks the malafa is beautiful, mysterious, to look like a long ago queen,to belong like the older girls and women It isn t until Lalla realizes the most important reason for a malafa that she is given one.The colors are amazing in...While this book is beautifully written and illustrated, it paints an attractive picture of an extremely controversial tradition, requiring women to be completely covered from head to toe As a work of fiction, the author has chosen to use the naivety of a young girl to celebrate a practice that is inconsistent with the beliefs of many...Review copy from EdelweissDeep in the Sahara is a beautiful book inways than one The text is lyrical and almost sings Trees of red flowers bloom with heat Acacia pods rattle, and fruit bats sleep My fifteen year old picked it up and started reading silently, but then decided it needed to be read aloud I loved that she read it to me We agreed that it sounds like poetry even if it isn t labeled that way The illustrations are fantastic too The endpapers look like cloth and the rest Review copy from EdelweissDeep in the Sahara is a beautiful book inways than one The text is lyrical and almost sings Trees of red flowers bloom with heat Acacia pods rattle, and fruit bats sleep My fifteen year old picked it up and started reading silently, but then decided it needed to be read aloud I loved that she read it to me We agreed that it sounds like poetry even if it isn t labeled that way The illustrations are fantastic too The endpapers look like cloth and the rest of the book is filled with wonderful scenes created with collage The colors are vibrant and the patterns are interesting, but not so busy that they are distracting Each character in the story is unique and I loved seeing the individual women The video below introduces the artist and shows a bit of her technique The video may be found at The story itself is also beautiful as we see a young girl yearning to be like the women ...Text Connection Text to Self My connection came from reading the Author s Note included at the end of the book In this note the author explains her change in point of view from regarding wearing veils as repressive to women to a colorful expression of their faith and culture offered a surprisingly positive view of the custom For me it was a moment where I realized that I too probably had suffered under the false assumption of only having one story for Muslim women who wear veils and other Text Connection Text to Self My connection came from reading the Author s Note included at the end of the book In this note the author explains her change in point of view from regarding wearing veils as repressive to women to a colorful expression of their faith and culture offered a surprisingly positive view of the custom For me it was a moment where I realized that I too probably had suffered under the false assumption of only having one story for Muslim women who wear veils and other ...Juvenile Fiction Girls WomenAges 4 8, Preschool to 3rdPages 40 Hardcover 10x10 Date Published October 8th, 2013Publisher Schwartz Wade Random House I am a Christian with a degree in Religious Studies and I think having picture books to introduce children to other cultures and belief systems is important This would also be fabulous in a Muslim home with a daughter maturing in her faith Full of vocabulary this story with lovely illustrations follows a Mauritanian West Africa Juvenile Fiction Girls WomenAges 4 8, Pres...This is BEAUTIFUL The text and illustrations are lovely A young girl, Lalla, watches her mother s malafa blow in the wind as she prays Lalla wants a malafa to be beautiful like her mother, but her mother says a malafa is forthan beauty Lalla sees her sister wrapped in a malafa and wishes to wear a malafa to be mysterious like her elder sister She sees her grandmother wrapped in a malafa, resting and looking like royalty But a malafa isthan these things she seesperhaps if This is BEAUTIFUL The text and illustrations are lovely A young girl, Lalla, watches her mother s malafa blow in the wind as she prays Lalla wants a malafa to be beautiful like her mother, but her mother says a malafa is forthan beauty Lalla sees her sister wrapped in a malafa and wishes to wear a malafa to be mysterious like her elder sister She sees her grandmother wr...Boys in turbans on donkeys go.Men in white boubou stroll.Your sister, Selma, in a malafa glows.Nothing but dark eyes show.More than all the camels in the land,you want a malafa so you can be mysterious too Five stars is not enough to express how much I love this book The story itself, the writing, the illustrations just seriously aren t enough stars.I saw this book for the first time at a book festival and was a little anxious as I picked it up to read Another bookBoys in turbans on donkeys go.Men in white boubou stroll.Your sister, Selma, in a malafa glows.Nothing but dark eyes show.More than all the camels in the land,you want a malafa so you can be mysterious too Five stars is not enough to express how much I love this book The story itself, the writing, the illustrations just seriously aren t enough stars.I saw this book for the first time at a book festival and was a little anxious as I picked it up to read Another book woohoo we re so tolerant and inclusive book Another we re just like you but in hijab book Another look how exotic Muslims are book By the time I got to the end of reading I was actually trying not to bawl in a crowded tent I am not a cryer It was that beautiful Ra...

Deep in the Sahara
  • English
  • 03 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 40 pages
  • 0375870342
  • Kelly Cunnane
  • Deep in the Sahara