Santa Claus in Baghdad and Other Stories about Teens in the Arab World

Some nice tales about teens dealing with the sometimes familiar, sometimes foreign, day to day trials and tribulations of growing up in Arab countries - Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine and more. Wonderful notes accompany each story, and situate each child's life within a larger-scale portrait of the culture as a whole. An excellent introduction to the lives of children living in these countries that are so often discussed in the news of today.