![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My parents worked in the Middle East a long, long time ago and my Dad would often call my Mum, “Habibi,” and my Mum explained to me that it was a term of endearment like “ sweetheart “ Craig Thompson has helped me understand the term in a whole new and extremely touching way. But HABIBI is also about the cultural divides between the first and the third world, about the differences and similarities between Islam and Christianity and an incredibly unique and beautiful discourse on the arabic language, from which its title is taken. Habibi follows the paths of two characters, Dodola and Zam, child slaves brought together by chance and circumstance, and ultimately by love. I had planned to read just a few pages of this outstanding graphic novel but as Sunday lunchtime came around I was not about to put HABIBI down and didn’t do so until I was finished with the whole book. Even then, when I sat down to read HABIBI one bright sunny Sunday morning in Los Angeles, I was not ready for the captivating, heart breaking and magnificent work of art that Craig created here. When I first saw this at APE in San Francisco, I didn’t need any encouragement to pick it up as I’d already read and loved Craig’s Top Shelf book BLANKETS. ![]()
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