“A sound, a very quiet sound, woke Samira,” one summer night in 1918, Iran.
With this small event begins a monumental change in 9-year old Samira’s life. She and her family must leave their home in Ayna, Iran to flee the Turkish army. Samira will walk unthinkable distances to safety. But will she ever find home again?
*Unless otherwise indicated, all quotes with Home is Beyond the Mountains in the post title come from Home is Beyond the Mountains by Celia Barker Lottridge.
No Girls Allowed is a collective graphic biography of seven women from a range of eras and places who dressed as men to profit from the privileges being male affords. The women in the tales have a range of reasons for dressing as they did, from political gain to the simpler desire to live together with one’s husband.
Unless otherwise specified, quotes from all posts on No Girls Allowed are taken from:
Hughes, S., & Dawson, W. (2008). No girls allowed: Tales of daring women dressed as men for love, freedom and adventure. Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press.
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