Sulaiman S. M. Y. Addonia Boeken

In a time of war, what is the shape of love? Saba arrives in an East African refugee camp as a young girl, devastated to have been wrenched from school and forced to abandon her books as her family flees to safety. In this unfamiliar, crowded and often hostile space, she must carve out a new existence. As she struggles to maintain her sense of self, she remains fiercely protective of her mute brother, Hagos -- each sibling resisting the roles gender and society assign. Through a cast of complex, beautifully drawn characters, Sulaiman Addonia questions what it means to be a man, to be a woman, to be an individual when circumstance has forced the loss of all that makes a home or a feature. 'Remarkable.' -- Guardian 'Richly written.' -- Daily Mail 'Unique and intelligent.' -- Big Issue

He spends his time writing to his mother in Africa and yearning to meet a woman - but in a country that separates men and women with walls and veils he feels increasingly trapped. Then, one of the black-clad women drops a piece of paper at his feet, instructing him to follow her pink shoes and suddenly his black-and-white life blooms into colour.

Addis Ababa is a sprawling melting pot of cultures where rich and poor live side by side in relative harmony--until they don't.

The Seers tells the story of an Eritrean refugee in London, moving between past and present to explore intergenerational histories and the UK asylum system. The novel grapples with how agency is given to the sexual lives of refugees, insisting that the erotic and intimate side of life is as much a part of someone’s story as land and nations.

Fiore liebt Naser, und Naser liebt Fiore. Verbotenerweise. Denn Fiore trägt den Schleier, und Naser istfremd in der saudiarabischen Metropole Dschidda. Pinkfarbene Schuhe werden zum geheimen Erkennungszeichen und ein blinder Imam zum unwissentlichen Boten ihrer Liebe. Doch überall lauern die tausend Augen der Religionspolizei.

Nelle strade di Jeddah, in Arabia Saudita, le donne, completamente velate, appaiono come macchie scure nella luce accecante. Ma un giorno una di loro fa cadere ai piedi di Naser, romantico ragazzo venuto dall'Africa, un bigliettino. È una dichiarazione d'amore, con la promessa di ritornare indossando delle scarpette rosa per farsi riconoscere. Nasce così, clandestinamente, la rovente passione fra Naser e Fiore, la donna misteriosa. Una relazione proibita, impossibile, che ben presto porterà i due giovani amanti ad affrontare la prova più dura e straziante...