Eva Nour

"Sami’s childhood is much like any other - an innocent blend of family and school, of friends and relations and pets (including stray cats and dogs, and the turtle he keeps on the roof). But growing up in one of the largest cities in Syria, with his country at war with itself, means that nothing is really normal. And Sami’s hopes for a better future are ripped away when he is conscripted into the military and forced to train as a map maker. Sami may be shielded from the worst horrors of the war, but it will still be impossible to avoid his own nightmare..."--Provided by publisher.

The Stray Cats of Homs

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De hemlösa katterna i Homs

Sami växer upp i Homs i Syrien. Hans barndom är trygg, men som vuxen får han alltmer erfara regimens förtryck. Som kartritare i militären blir han mot sin vilja själv delaktig i övergreppen mot civilbefolkningen, samtidigt som demonstrationer börjar äga rum runt om i landet. Samis flickvän Sarah är en av alla som deltar i protesterna. En dag får han ett sms från henne, som bara går att tolka på ett sätt: De skjuter mot oss. De hemlösa katterna i Homs är en varm och skakande roman om revolutionens hopp och krigets fasor, en unik inifrånskildring av en stad i ruiner i efterdyningarna av den arabiska våren. Det är en berättelse om död och lidande, men ännu mer om liv och kärlek.

Based on a true story -- the thoughtful, raw, and ultimately heartening tale of a young man fighting for survival in a city under siege Growing up in Syria in the 1990s, Sami's childhood was unremarkable. His day-to-day life largely sheltered him from the horrors of the authoritarian government, until he founded a successful internet company--which landed him on the regime's radar. Suddenly Sami finds himself in jail, then forcibly enlisted into the Syrian army during the early days of a fast-growing civil uprising. Assigned to the mapmaking division, Sami yearns to simply serve his time and go home, even as he finds himself literally charting the course of the army's response to the growing revolt. The situation that hits him full-force when he receives a text from his girlfriend: "They're shooting at us." With that, Sami realizes that it is not enough to endure Assad's regime -- he has to resist. He has to return home, to the city that will become known as the "capital of the revolution." Based on true events as told to journalist Eva Nour, City of Sparrows is the story of coming of age under siege and the power of hope in the face of unfathomable loss.

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