Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Insha Allah: How The Journey Back To My Roots Became An Adventurous Escape - Softcover

Cheikh; Sara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1627311394 ISBN 13: 9781627311397

Publisher: Feral House, 2023

Synopsis

At the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak, what was supposed to be a long-awaited homecoming becomesa desperate adventure escaping border guards and surviving on candy bars, allthe while trying to avoid losing her cool with unwanted and unlikely travelling companions. On her odyssey back home througha changing world, she faces starvation, the possibility of arrest, andkidnapping, as she attempts to cross the border into Algeria by any meanspossible. Alternating between tense, poignant, and funny, this heart felt first-hand account explores life and lessons from the plight of the Saharawipeople. Sara's story questions the meaning of cultural heritage and theuniversal desire to have a homeland. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Insha Allah is Sara's firstbook and is the first memoir published in English by a Saharawi woman writer. The book includes historical and personal black & white images, color image insert, and maps of the Saharawi territory and Sara's journey.

About this title

About the Author

Sara Cheikh is a Product Designer living in
Barcelona. She was born in the Smara refugee camp in Tindouf, Algeria, where
she lived until the age of six. Her father is a former political prisoner who
worked as a translator for MINURSO (the UN mission in charge of the conflict
between Western Sahara and Morocco). Through his work, brought Sara and her siblings to Spain in 1998.

Aware of the chance she had to grow up in Europe, Sara has always felt the duty to give a voice to the more than two
hundred thousand people in the refugee camps hoping to return to the occupied
Sahara. A duty she fulfills in her first book, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, lnsha
Allah. This is her first book, and she is honored to be a spokesperson for
Sahrawi society and its culture and struggle.

Edition details

• Publisher: Feral House
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1627311394
• ISBN 13: 9781627311397
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224