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On May 16, 2003, fourteen suicide bombers launched a series of attacks throughout Casablanca. It was the deadliest attack in Morocco's history. The bombers came from the shantytowns of Sidi Moumen, a poor suburb on the edge of a dump whose impoverished residents rarely if ever set foot in the cosmopolitan city at their doorstep. Mahi Binebine's novel Horses of God follows four childhood friends growing up in Sidi Moumen as they make the life-changing decisions that will lead them to become Islamist martyrs. The seeds of fundamentalist martyrdom are sown in the dirt-poor lives of Yachine, Nabil, Fuad, and Ali, all raised in Sidi Moumen. The boys' soccer team, The Stars of Sidi Moumen, is their main escape from the poverty, violence, and absence of hope that pervade their lives. When Yachine's older brother Hamid falls under the spell of fundamentalist leader Abu Zoubeir, the attraction of a religion that offers discipline, purpose, and guidance to young men who have none of these things becomes too seductive to ignore. Narrated by Yachine from the afterlife, Horses of God portrays the sweet innocence of childhood and friendship as well as the challenges facing those with few opportunities for a better life. Binebine navigates the controversial situation with compassion, creating empathy for the boys, who believe they have no choice but to follow the path offered them.… (más)
Un libro de gran delicadeza, su maestría queda patente en la neutralidad y la humanidad con que retrata a los jóvenes de una barriada de las afueras de Casablanca. Un infierno terrenal que huele a vertedero, a hachís, cloacas,.... hasta que les prometen un acceso directo al Paraíso. Basada en al historia real de los jóvenes autores de los atentados en Casablanca en 2003. La novela traspasa la literatura y remueve nuestra conciencia. ( )
Información procedente del Conocimiento común italiano.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
A Claude Durand
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común italiano.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Potevi passeggiare per il nostro quartiere senza nemmeno accorgerti che esisteva.
Citas
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común italiano.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Nel tumulto dei camion della spazzatura, dei frugatori e dei gabbiani, delle greggi di capre che masticano sacchi di plastica, dei cani e dei gatti avvolti nel fumo grigio e nei vortici di polvere, vedo correre, spensierati, alcuni ragazzini gracili dietro a un pallone sgonfiato: Le Nuove Stelle di Sidi Moumen
On May 16, 2003, fourteen suicide bombers launched a series of attacks throughout Casablanca. It was the deadliest attack in Morocco's history. The bombers came from the shantytowns of Sidi Moumen, a poor suburb on the edge of a dump whose impoverished residents rarely if ever set foot in the cosmopolitan city at their doorstep. Mahi Binebine's novel Horses of God follows four childhood friends growing up in Sidi Moumen as they make the life-changing decisions that will lead them to become Islamist martyrs. The seeds of fundamentalist martyrdom are sown in the dirt-poor lives of Yachine, Nabil, Fuad, and Ali, all raised in Sidi Moumen. The boys' soccer team, The Stars of Sidi Moumen, is their main escape from the poverty, violence, and absence of hope that pervade their lives. When Yachine's older brother Hamid falls under the spell of fundamentalist leader Abu Zoubeir, the attraction of a religion that offers discipline, purpose, and guidance to young men who have none of these things becomes too seductive to ignore. Narrated by Yachine from the afterlife, Horses of God portrays the sweet innocence of childhood and friendship as well as the challenges facing those with few opportunities for a better life. Binebine navigates the controversial situation with compassion, creating empathy for the boys, who believe they have no choice but to follow the path offered them.
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