02600cam a2200385 i 4500 ocn973309623 OCoLC ta 210223s2017 onca 6b 000 1 eng d 2017298222 9781487593476 (pbk.) 1487593473 (pbk.) (OCoLC)973309623 (OCoLC)973384117 (OCoLC)973504001 (OCoLC)973754630 (OCoLC)973797211 (OCoLC)973908200 (OCoLC)973911729 (OCoLC)974033018 (OCoLC)974312391 (OCoLC)974479776 (OCoLC)974546018 (OCoLC)974672218 (OCoLC)974697455 (OCoLC)990234227 (OCoLC)1201902088 (OCoLC)1201905977 PN6727.H36 L57 2017 Hamdy, Sherine, 1975- Lissa : a story about medical promise, friendship, and revolution / written by Sherine Hamdy and Coleman Nye ; illustrated by Sarula Bao and Caroline Brewer ; lettering by Marc Parenteau. [Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, c2017. 302 p. : ill. EthnoGRAPHIC Includes bibliographical references. "Anna is the daughter of Americans working in Cairo. But she feels more at home with the humble family of her friend Layla, who lives in the doorman's shack adjacent to Anna's apartment building. As the women grow up, their unlikely friendship is put to the test as they each face a family health crisis. Gulfs of misunderstanding emerge, as Anna deals with her family history of breast cancer, and Layla makes difficult decisions about her father's kidney failure. When the Arab Spring in Egypt erupts, each gets swept up in the revolutionary fervor in Tahrir Square. Amidst this personal and political turmoil, Anna and Layla must reckon with illness, risk, and loss in different ways. Ultimately they come to learn the power of friendship and the importance of hope against all odds -- that there is still time to fight for a better tomorrow, together"--Provided by publisher. Americans Egypt Comic books, strips, etc. Female friendship Comic books, strips, etc. Politics and culture Egypt Comic books, strips, etc. Culture conflict Comic books, strips, etc. Breast Cancer Comic books, strips, etc. Arab Spring, 2010- Comic books, strips, etc. Maydān al-Taḥrīr (Cairo, Egypt) Comic books, strips, etc. Nye, Coleman. Bao, Sarula. Brewer, Caroline (Illustrator) Parenteau, Marc. ethnoGRAPHIC (University of Toronto Press) lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 PN6727.H36 L57 2017 PNLIB21061189 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 1375 1375