Pantheon Graphic Library Habibi, (Hardcover)

from mrsdanaalbasha

I was shopping for books on September 27, 2011. I was going to the cashier when I noticed a breath-taking looking book! I remember holding it close and saying "Wow" loudly, a customer beside me turned his head to look at "the-wow-book"!I went home quickly wanting to be alone with this pretty Arab...

from VioletBramble

Dodola is a 9 year old girl sold into marriage by her father. Her husband, a scribe, tells her stories and teaches her how to read and write. When Dodola is 12 she is stolen from her husband and branded as a slave. She manages to escape from the slave market with a 3 year old orphan boy, Cham. (D...

from zzshupinga

Craig Thompson, best known for his graphic novel memoir Blankets, has created yet another epic masterpiece that spans across time and space. Set in the Middle East and drawing inspiration from Islamic history and the Qur'an, we follow the epic story of Dodola and Zam, two orphans that escape the ...

from pigeonhero

Habibi is a wonderful interweaving of a very personal story and lyrical interweaving of themes and myths from the Bible and the Koran. While it's not for everyone due to strong sexual and violent content, I never felt like that content was done in bad taste or detracted from the character develop...

from heterotopic

While I appreciate the research that went into this book, I'm a bit ambivalent when it comes to the narrative. It's a story of different kinds of love, across time and space--which I'm not sure if I can say is wholly original. The drawings are beautiful--even breathtaking at times (the village sc...