SuitabookOut of Iraq
Sybella Wilkes
- Reading
- Read alongside the young person rather than assuming every account represents all refugees. Pause after a story, painting or musical element to discuss viewpoint, context and feelings; use the historical sections to clarify, not override, personal voices.
- Themes
- Refugee testimony and representation: Iraqi refugees describe life before leaving Iraq, why they fled and life as refugees, using words, paintings and music. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- History, conflict and international response: Personal stories are placed alongside background on Iraq’s recent history and an outline of the UNHCR’s role. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- The book addresses forced flight, war, civil war, disrupted lives and refugee experience.