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Eleven Words for Love: A Journey through Arabic Expressions of Love
Rana Abdel-Fattah
Illustrator: Maxine Beneba Clarke
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-3021-5
Keywords: immigration, family, Arabic culture, types of love, Palestine, exile, bilingual, intergenerational,
As her family settles in a new country, a young girl poetically names the different ways to say "love" in their language. Text includes the Arabic words she lists. Soft, colorful mixed-media illustrations.