Mahmoud waited for his brother to finish, then rolled up their mats and went back to Head down, hoodie up, eyes on the ground. Aaron Landau is a well-known actor. What was his first name? the crossing from Turkey. Isabel held her breath, and soon the fisherman came back with two enormous plastic jugs of gasoline. The rebels? 12 year old Syrian boy; one of the main characters. Worse, the other policemen were running tooand they were all headed for the Castilloss boat! Must be doing sixteen knots, easy, said one of the stewards. Mahmoud's mother. After halting the vehicle on the highway, what did the Serbian taxi driver do? Sit down! A year after that, Khalid had died in an airstrike anyway. Josef shuddered. Explore books by genre, topic, reading level, or series to find your next read. From the Nazis. Refine any search. Theres no service again. Paranoid. Too thin. Seor Castillo was in charge of the boat. He flailed wildly at the debris, digging and scratching at the wreckage like he could somehow claw his way back to a place where there was air. Our home is destroyed! Mahmoud and his family travel through Serbia and into Hungary, where they are detained at a refugee camp that is built like a prison. Mahmoud then gives, Mahmoud: Somewhere on the Mediterranean Sea 2015, 11 days from home (3), Greece. The fisherman had to take it in trade. Being responsible did. The steward couldnt see because of the big platter he held, and as he fumbled with the knob he lost his hold on the tray and the whole thing came crashing down with a great clatter. There wasnt another ship on the horizon as far as he could see. Mama! Josef cried. I should do something, he whispered. If he was caught again by the police, hed be sent back to prisonand this time they might not let him out. LitCharts Teacher Editions. When another dinghy passes by that doesnt have space for his family, he offers up Hana to them in order to ensure that she can survive. However, when Germany starts occupying France at the end of the novel, the Nazis give his mother the choice of setting only one of her children free. Papa! Towering shadows burst into the room. She worked her way to one of the cars stuck in the riot, an old American Chevy with chrome tail fins, still around from before the Revolution in the 1950s. Fatima! Their boat was barely big enough for seven people, and with Luis and his girlfriend they were practically sitting on top of each other. Seora Castillo, Ivns mother, was dark-skinned and curvy, and wore a white kerchief over her dreadlocks. Struggling with distance learning? How about Jorge? He looked over his shoulder like he wanted By now, May of 1939, most countries had stopped admitting Jewish refugees, or had lots of official applications you had to fill out and file and pay for before they would let you in. Isabel turned, holding a hand up in front of her eyes and expecting to see a police searchlight shining on her. Waleed Bishara. Theyll stop us. Isabel takes on a great of responsibility for her family due to the upheaval in which she lives. What was the name of the ship that Josef traveled on to move to Cuba? Josefs family eventually chooses to emigrate by traveling to Cuba aboard the notorious MS St. Louis. Mahmoud knew they needed their phones to help them get to Turkey. Were going to latch all the stalls from the inside and crawl out under the doors so no one can use the toilets! No, dont Josef tried to tell them, but they were already gone. Youre not much to look at, are you, kitty? Isabel said. There was a main street in the camp, a wide lane where refugees had set up little shops, selling phone cards and camp stoves and clothes and things people had brought with them but no longer wanted or needed. Apparently, they were all coming along for the ride. Aaron Landau, one of the Brownshirts said to Josefs father, you have continued to practice law despite the fact that Jews are forbidden to do so under the Civil Service Restoration Act of 1933. Being able to travel anywhere we want, anytime we want! said Amara. A young woman staggered past them, clutching her stomach and looking green. Again. Josef had never seen anything so big. What she saw instead was a television camera. She put the little kitten back under her house and ran inside for her trumpet. It was the one with the red bandanna. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." What were you thinking? the boy whispered. He felt the stirrings of indignation, of anger, of sympathy. Still cant hear it, Chabela? Lito asked. We went out the back stairs, she told them. Quickly. Mahmouds mother pulled the end of the scarf up over her face so that only her eyes were showing. Josef, his mother, and Ruthie stopped short just inside the first-class social hall. You'll also get updates on new titles we publish and the ability to save highlights and notes. Then, Mahmoud and, Mahmoud: Somewhere on the Mediterranean Sea 2015, 11 days from home (2), the bottom of the sea, and says a funeral prayer for him. Please, take us with you! As her mother liked to say, Isabel could play the storm clouds from the sky. Find related themes, quotes, symbols, characters, and more. And why did it matter which one got there first? Detailed quotes explanations with page numbers for every important quote on the site. It was him. Ivn, nail. Ivn handed him another nail. Blend in. Find related themes, quotes, symbols, characters, and more. Not that Waleed smiled much anymore. Refugees, just like Mahmoud and his family, who had left their homes in Syria and were walking north to Turkey. Mahmoud could hear music beyond the fence. They could even be Daesh. Josef looked deep into Officer Padrons eyes, searching for some sign of help, some hint of sympathy. Down a side street just like this one, Mahmoud found Khalid getting beaten up by two older boys. Quickly now, children, Mama said. Two. Shes a baby. Nobody knew a wave of revolutions would sweep through the Middle East, toppling governments and overthrowing dictators and starting civil wars. They were in Turkey! She was almost to Papis outstretched arms when she saw her fathers eyes go wide. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Struggling with distance learning? Wait! Isabel ignored him. Izzat so? Mahmoud has already had a lot of experience dealing with the trauma of war, as the Syrian Civil War has already been raging for four years at the beginning of Mahmoud's story. The couple is very kind, welcoming them and sharing their own stories. And this is Ruthie. Could it really be? Within a month, Assad had turned his tanks and soldiers and bombers on the protestorson his own peopleand ever since then, all Mahmoud and Waleed and anyone else in Syria had known was war. No more getting thrown in jail for disagreeing with the government. But what do you want to do when you get there? Seor Castillo asked. Struggling with distance learning? Were not going anywhere soon. I can fix that! Isabel said. Instant PDF downloads. Many guns and artillery. Mahmoud paid ten Syrian pounds for itabout five cents in American money. Everything they owned was in these two backpacks. They were all quiet a moment more, until her father said, But I dont even have a boat. Isabel nodded. No! The shadows threw him to the floor. They continue on with only the clothes on their backs and their smartphones, without a car or supplies. RAMALLAH, March 20, 2018 (WAFA) - President Mahmoud Abbas' speech at a Palestinian leadership gathering in Ramallah hit the front page headlines in Palestinian dailies on Tuesday. She was already in the street when she stopped, ran to her backyard, and snatched up the little mewling kitten too. Mahmoud realizes it is up to him to do something. Everywhere around them, people fled into the streets, covered in gray dust and blood. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. You'll also get updates on new titles we publish and the ability to save highlights and notes. But there is food in the States. Mahmoud stayed in the classroom all day, never going to the bathroom or the playground. Is it enough? Isabel asked. All the cows and pigs and sheep had been slaughtered and eaten. Dont move! Mahmoud cried. Wouldnt want to be him for all the sugar in Cuba. Josef backed away. CRACK! She panicked, her worst fears come true, and suddenly a blinding light lit her up. No! Papi cried, scrambling as far away from them as he could. Mahmoud and his family were waiting in line at Kilis, Turkey, at the border to enter the country. (Al-Assad took military action against the rebel Syrians and the war continues to this day, although now in a much more confusing form. Mahmoud and his parents soon become exhausted, trying desperately to hold the two young children above the water. Refugee (Alan Gratz) Everyone on the crew had treated Josef and his family with kindness and respect, despite his fathers repeated warnings that all Germans were out to get them. Josef! Josef took a hard candy from a jar and fished in his pocket for another pfennig. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. No police cars or emergency crews hurried to the scene. The spell of happiness and safety was momentarily broken by the unforgettable memories of the chaos they had just escaped. (full context) .are glassy, but he is able to talk. Of course, Captain Schroeder said. Soon after landing in Greece, Mahmouds father gets them onto a ferry that will take them to Athens. She could almost hear it almost And then the motor spluttered and died, and the music stopped. Staring back up at them was the huge face of Fidel Castro! Hated him because of everything hed done to the Jews, but mostly because of what Hitler had done to his father. It felt like ages since hed been inside a synagogue. It was getting there that was the hard part. After his family is. Despite her grief, Isabel is able to persevere and guide her family to reach the shores of Miami. Because I was just doing my job?. Bombed-out buildings were good too. First, Josef said, we need some soap. Once they had found a bar, Josef showed them how to soap up a door handle so that it was so slick it was impossible to turn. A mural painted on the side of the gas station showed President Assad, his dark hair cut short and a thin mustache underneath his pointy nose. An incredibly important, heartrending, edge-of-the-seat read, bringing light to the plight of immigrants who search for safety and freedom. Pam Muoz Ryan, author of the New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book Echo Full of struggle, heroism, and non-stop adventure. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, author of the New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book The War That Saved My Life It wasnt just his building that had been hit, he realized. She can eat the scraps. The fisherman eyed the cat suspiciously. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. Just for a little while, Mahmouds father said. She says that she thought, Frau Rosenburg explains that she was a refugee, too, and shows, Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. Mahmouds mother came out of the bedroom, where shed been folding clothes, and turned off the TV. Josef listened, straining his ears in the dark. The kitten wasnt too different from her, Isabel realized: thin, hungry, and in need of a bath. Mom! The car skids to a stop, and Youssef, Fatima (with, Mahmoud: Izmir, Turkey 2015, 11 days from home (1), Mahmoud tells the man that the family has nowhere to go, and that his sister, Mahmoud: Somewhere on the Mediterranean Sea 2015, 11 days from home (1), He then hears Fatima scream out, and watches as she struggles to lift a crying, for help, but the dinghy isnt slowing down. He bowed and praised Allah again three times, stood and praised Allah again, then got down on his hands and knees and put his head to the floor, praising Allah three times more. Bullets whizzed by, then caught the car againping-ping-pingand Mahmouds dad threw open the drivers-side door and pulled Mom and Hana out with him. This isnt funny. He wasn't literally invisible. His mother and father, Fatima and Youssef Bishara decide to leave Syria because the war got too intense and hit them personally. He shook his head, trying to clear the ringing, and spied his little brother. Dont take him! Home. What she heard instead was the sound of breaking glass. This blog is an opportunity for me to explore topics through books! But as relieved as he was, he knew they still had so very far to go. 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Just a moments kindness from each of them might mean the difference between death and survival for her mother and everyone else on the little raft. Theres something theyre not telling us, the shipping company. His mother, father, little brother Waleed, and baby sister Hana barely manage to escape the . They threw rocks and bottles. And back again. Isabels heart soared, and she hopped up and down. Mahmoud Bishara (12) In what year did the Arab Spring come to Syria? Teachers and parents! Pleasedont. Ruth wrapped herself around Josefs leg and wailed. They fell on him, hitting and kicking him for being a Jew, and calling him all kinds of names. After Aleppothe near-constant gunfire and explosions, punctuated by the oppressive quiet of an entire city trying their hardest not to draw attention to themselvesthis place felt alive, even if it was dusty and cramped. They came to a compartment with a man in the uniform of the Gestapo, the Nazis Secret State Police, and Josef stumbled. -Graham S. The president and prime minister of Cuba during the period of, Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. Tomorrow, hed told Mahmouds father. People had even broken into the Havana Zoo and eaten the animals, and cats like this little kitten had ended up on dinner tables. Well come for you soon enough. The Nazis trashed the rest of Josefs house, breaking furniture and smashing plates and tearing curtains. Isabel opened her eyes and lowered the trumpet from her lips. Here, lets have a song anyway. He began singing a salsa song and tapping out the rhythm on the side of the metal boat. Josef had died so Ruthie could live, and one day welcome Mahmoud and his family into her house. Hed be calling for the police. They broke lamps and lightbulbs. There was a riot on the Malecn, Lito said. People sat at little tables, smoking, eating, and drinking as they chatted or read the newspaper or played cards. Lito! Yet Mahmoud also hints at some of the drawbacks that come with being invisible, such as the fact that Mahmoud and Khalid had to stop being friends, thus cutting off a vital source of support for Mahmoud. It hadnt always been this way. Teachers and parents! Shelves full of food at the store, Seora Castillo said. Take your brother and your sister. You'll also get updates on new titles we publish and the ability to save highlights and notes. Mom! Mahmoud yelled. She hadnt gone nearly catatonic like Waleed, but at some point it had gotten bad enough that she just stopped talking about it. No! Josef screamed. There was a shattering sound in the next roomcrisssh! But by then it will be too late. Mahmoud remembered the horror hed felt when his apartment building collapsed and hed thought his mom was still inside. (LogOut/ Mahmoud Bishara was invisible, and that's exactly how he wanted it. Mahmoud grabs onto it, bringing, appears on the side of the boat and takes Hana from them. She grabbed her trumpet, gave it one long, sad look, and ran out the back door. They walk to a bus stop and reach the Hungarian border. No one is coming to help us. His head was bent low, but his voice was loud and clear. In the seat beside him, Waleed sat up straight next to his open window, unmoving and unfazed. The way the content is organized, One of the three protagonists of the book, alongside. How will we get there? By car first. Mahmouds father shrugged. Josef! Couldnt breathe! The differences between Sunnis and Shiites was an excuse. Three. Josef wasnt ready. Thats when theyll snatch us. Josef raised himself up. But when he got her aboard, Ivn and his mother then reached their hands out for the two policemen who were chasing them. Back when people saw them. Rubble was strewn everywhere. He hadnt forgotten that if he were wearing his armband, this Shes a baby. Isabel had lanky limbs and legs and was eleven years old. Amara laughed and took his hand, and the two of them danced as best they could in the swaying boat. Ohlet me get someone to help you with those bags. Papi had already tried to flee Cuba twice. Now. In becoming an adult, he has many responsibilities that he is forced to take. long days trying to get to the boat on time, and now it isnt coming. Germany? Around them were countless more Syrian families, all hoping to be let in. Complete your free account to access notes and highlights, They only see us when we do something they dont want us to do. Isabels family had worked in secret all night with the Castillos, worried someone might hear them, but apparently, everybody else had been doing the same thing. (including. One terribly heartbreaking story is the unjustified killing of an 18-year-old Palestinian, Mahmoud al-Saad Jenin. Mahmoud musters the fortitude to break free from his invisibility and lead his family to a brighter future. Ill be right behind you. Them other two ships is smaller and faster. Their children looked like miniature versions of them, and acted like miniature adults toothere was very little crying and whining, and none of the kids were playing. Together they hurried to the ramp as best they could, carrying all the suitcases. No one wore their Jewish armbands on the ship, and there were no Js above any of the passenger compartments, because all the passengers were Jews. on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alone. Not any longer. Teacher Editions with classroom activities for all 1699 titles we cover. It was an ugly blue thing cobbled together out of old metal advertisements and road signs and oil drums. Complete your free account to request a guide. excluding an estimated 2.5 million nomads; 24,532,000 (2006E, including nomads). And he had been beaten up as badly as Khalid. She wont take up any room!, Whether you were visible or invisible, it was all about how other people reacted to you. Klaus had been wearing the same uniform this boy did now. Your mother is pregnant, for one thing! Lito said. Isabel smiled, then noticed how big and heavy the gas cans were. But the good people couldnt help you, either., Youre still alive, and so is your little sister, somewhere. The first time, he and three other men had built a raft and tried to paddle their way to Florida, but a tropical storm turned them back. But that trumpet was everything to you! No, not everything, Isabel thought. Mahmoud himself deals with the contrast between being visible but liable to get hurt and invisible but unable to receive assistance. Slowly, shakily, Josef lifted his eyes from the black shoes to the white socks, brown shorts, brown shirt, and red Nazi armband of a Hitler Youth. But the blow never came. She wont take up any room!. Mahmoud didnt have any friends. (LogOut/ Our, "Sooo much more helpful thanSparkNotes. what does mahmoud want to control in refugee. Ahmed and Nedhal werent his friends. We cant stay here. They used it on the door handles of cabins up and down the passageway on A-deck, then hid around the corner and waited. Tomorrow. Mahmoud is 13 years old and lives with his father Youssef, mother Fatima, 10-year-old brother Waleed, and baby sister Hana in Aleppo, Syria. The water wasnt working again, so he had to pour water over his hands using the plastic jugs his mother had hauled from the neighborhood well. Thus, Mahmoud recognizes the importance of being visible, and his story also raises visibility for the many Syrian refugees who continue to need aid in the present. This incident later haunts Mahmoud, as he wishes that he had chosen not to remain invisible in order to help the boy. On the train, Josef and his family sat in a compartment labeled J, for Jew, so no real Germans would sit there by accident. They're like having in-class notes for every discussion!, This is absolutely THE best teacher resource I have ever purchased. People often stopped to listen to her and clap and tap their feet. He was at the final stages of his maturity Or else someone will catch her and eat her. Josef and his sister followed their mother through the crowd at the Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlins main railway station. Nothing else mattered in that moment but air. Other Jewish homes and businesses and synagogues were destroyed all over Germany, and tens of thousands of Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Lebanese Shia Muslims (Arabic: ), historically known as matwila (Arabic: , plural of mutawlin ([Lebanese pronounced as metouali]) refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of the Shia branch of Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role along Lebanon's main Sunni, Maronite and Druze sects. There was blood in his hair, and the area around one of his eyes was already turning black. Thank you! We cannot continue guarding the borders of the United States while they send their CIA to instigate riots in Havana. [5], Mahmoud Bishara is 12 years old in 2015, and lives in Aleppo, Syria with his father Youssef, his mother Fatima, his 10-year-old brother Waleed, and his infant sister Hana. Ill be a man soon enough, Josef told them. Khalid (17) IWB does part of the story take place in 1939? A roar like a hot wind rising outside. He smelled so ripelike the alley behind a butcher shop that Josef had to turn his head away. No room! Time to pray, Waleed. When they got close to the ramp, Papa hunkered down behind the last of the crates. Papi, stop it. Josef and his family were on their way to a new country. The police were shooting at them! He says the family has stayed for too long and it is time to escape to Germany. They all had short black beards like Mahmouds father, and wore head scarves of different colors and patterns. Without saying anything, Isabel ran next door to the Castilloss house. His eyes looked like they were going to pop out of their sockets. Ruthie would have started kindergarten that year if Jews were still allowed to go to school. It demolishes an entire outside wall. Josefs parents had always taken him to synagogue with them on Shabbos, even when other parents left their children with their nannies. Do you understand? I Yes, Josef stammered. Nomads and refugees in western Pakistan and northern Iraq at one time totaled more than 5 million, many of whom have recently returned to . Disappear. The angry cop yanked his arm free from Luis and pointed his nightstick at Papi. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. This wasnt what the tourists had paid for. Mahmoud grabs onto it, bringing Fatima and, the Coast Guard for them. You'll also get updates on new titles we publish and the ability to save highlights and notes. How long will it take to get to Florida? she asked. Mahmoud Bishara is leaving Syria during the volatile regime of Bashar al-Assad in 2015. . Step after step, kilometer after kilometer, hed begun to think they would never, ever escape Syria. He had to get up. Josef sacrifices himself in order to relieve his mother from the burden of this choice and to save his little sister Ruthie from the concentration camps.