The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe fourth volume of Riad Sattouf's acclaimed graphic memoir series picks up in 1987 and follows his family's experiences through 1992, continuing his childhood story across the Middle East. This installment captures the author's adolescent years as he navigates life between France, Syria, and Libya, offering a personal perspective on the region's political and social upheavals during that period.
In The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East #4, Riad Sattouf continues his vivid, unflinching memoir as his father’s pilgrimage to Mecca ignites a radical shift in his beliefs—deepening into a rigid piety that strains the family’s already fragile dynamics. Amid the ordinary trials of adolescence—awkward haircuts, teenage crushes, and acne—Riad watches helplessly as his parents’ marriage fractures, culminating in a shocking act of abandonment when his father takes their youngest brother, Fadi, away. With raw honesty and striking visuals, Riad Sattouf, who handles every aspect of the interior art and colors, crafts a deeply personal story of displacement and growing up in a world upended by ideology. The cover, also by Sattouf, captures the emotional weight of the moment with quiet precision.
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