Title The flavors of Iraq : impressions of my vanished homeland / Feurat Alani ; illustrated by Léonard Cohen ; translated by Kendra Boileau ; foreword by Ross Caputi

Published University Park, PA : Graphic Mundi, Penn State University Press, [2024]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Translator's Note -- 1989 My first trip to Iraq. The taste of apricot. "Never say Saddam's name." -- 1992 The summer ends in Baghdad. When I return to France, my friends tell me all about their vacations at the beach. -- 1995 If you really appreciate someone, you say "A khaliq ala rassi," or "I'll put you on my head." -- 1995 A question from the disillusioned teenager I've become: Why was I born in France instead of Iraq? -- 2003 This is how I write my first news stories. Embedded with family going about their daily routines. -- 2004-2005 The IED: inside the house, the foundation shakes. Out on the street, a blast of hot air in your face. -- 2005-2006 I often hang out at the neighborhood barbershop. It's the ideal place to hear the latest news and rumors -- 2006 My Iraq is, above all, a bunch of smells. Sand, watermelon, masgouf, cardamom tea, sourdough rolls -- 2006-2007 Syria, a country at peace. A stable country back then. A country where the media had no worries. A wonderful country -- 2007-2001 One evening, I summon the courage to tell them: "I'm an Iraqi." They're curious and flood me with questions -- 2011 Goodbye America! -- Timeline -- Acknowledgments Summary "A graphic memoir recounting the author's childhood in Iraq and his experiences during the Iraq War and its aftermath from 1989 to 2011"-- Provided by publisher Notes Translated from the French Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 26, 2024) Subject Alani, Feurat, 1980- -- Comic books, strips, etc Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Journalists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc Journalists -- France -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional/ Arab & Middle Eastern. Iraq -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc Iraq -- Social life and customs -- Comic books, strips, etc Genre/Form War comics. Nonfiction comics. Graphic novels. Autobiographical comics. Bandes dessinées de guerre. Bandes dessinées autres que de fiction. Bandes dessinées autobiographiques. Form Electronic book Author Cohen, Léonard, 1982- illustrator. Boileau, Kendra, translator. Caputi, Ross, author of foreword. LC no. 2023052061 ISBN 9781637790717 1637790716 1637790724 9781637790724

Other Titles Parfum d'Irak. English

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