TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sherin Hamdy
AU  - Coleman Nye
AU  - Sarula Bao
AU  - Caroline Brewer
AU  - Marc Parenteau
TI  - Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution
T2  - EthnoGRAPHIC
SN  - 9781487593476
PY  - 2017///
CY  - North York, Ontario, Canada
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Americans
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Politics and culture
KW  - Breast cancer
KW  - Arab Spring, 2010-
KW  - 25 January Revolution
KW  - Graphic novels
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "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 lissa, there is still time to fight for a better tomorrow, together."--
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