![]() ![]() Together, they live in an abandoned boat in the desert. She escapes her kidnappers with Zam just before she is about to be sold in a slave market. Although they don’t believe her, they think she is hard to control and that caring for an infant will keep her subdued. She rushes in to save him, claiming the boy is her brother even though he is black and she is Arabic. ![]() While captured, she witnesses the men about to kill a three-year-old boy. One day, thieves break into their house, kill her husband, and kidnap her. He teaches her how to read and write over time, and she finds beauty and solace within the Qur’an. Her husband rapes her and encourages her to not feel ashamed about sex within marriage, but realizing how young she is, he has pity. Dodola is a nine-year-old girl sold into marriage by her poor, illiterate parents. Published in 2011, the 672-page novel follows two runaway child slaves-Dodola and Zam-and the dangers and adventures they face in the present day, fictional Islamic country they inhabit. ![]() Habibi is a graphic novel by Craig Thompson. ![]()
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