The Fig Tree
By: by Leila Abdelrazaq
Publisher: Maamoul Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Dearborn, MI]
Language: ara
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Palestinian Americans; Palestinian Arabs; Comic books, strips; Fig; Arab Americans
Description: In this hand-illustrated zine, author Leila Abdelrazaq explores issues such as diaspora, conflict, and womanhood. Abdelrazaq is a Palestinian woman banned from her ancestral village by Israel. She ancient traditions, passed down through generations, to connect to her motherland. At the core of the story is the the Palestinian fig, as it symbolizes this generations-long connection. Each page contains black, white, and pink images and text. - Alekhya
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Purchase; Maamoul Press; 2020.