num_pages: 48
description: A short powerful illustrated book written by Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter from a father to his son on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs Syria before the war and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone. Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015 Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families like Kurdi's who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the UNHCR and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
language: English
title: Sea Prayer
publisher: Riverhead Books