Sour Cherries: An Afghan Family Story | Dezh Azaad istanbul It's clear that their hold

It's clear that their hold over her village will never loosen as long as everyone is too afraid to challenge them--so if Amal is to have any chance of ensuring her loved ones' safety and winning back her freedom

At the core is Daniel's story of how they became refugees - starting with his mother's vocal embrace of Christianity in a country that made such a thing a capital offense

Illustrator: Sena Aydoğan

it's also how much the circumstances of Qasim's death remind her of her own teenage son

Khadija is the strong-willed

Sour Cherries: An Afghan Family Story | Dezh Azaad istanbul It's clear that their holdAuthor Dezh Azaadand illustrator Nan Caos picture book Sour Cherries is a moving, personal story about an Afghan refugee child and the fruit that connects him to family and home. My favorite day is in the summer, picking cherries with my mother. Sour Cherries follows a summer day as an Afghan child learns to make sour cherry jam, stew, and tea with his mother, just like she learned from her mother. Pull the stem, pop the seedtogether, they carefully