In this episode, Claire chats to Leila Boukarim about A Million Kites, testimonies and poems from children of Gaza 2023-2024.
This little book is a collection of poems and testimonies from the children of Gaza, compiled between October 2023 and March 2024.
Leila Boukarim and Asaf Luzon came together in December 2023 to create this book with the aim of raising funds to support organizations helping Gazans and to amplify the voices of Gazan children who have suffered, and continue to suffer unfathomable injustices.
You can order a copy of A Million Kites here.
All profits from the sale of this book will go to the Palestine Humanitarian Response Campaign, an organization working to protect the displaced children of Gaza through local community initiatives.
Click here to learn more about PHRC.
About Leila -
I was born in Lebanon, raised in several countries, and moved to Berlin, Germany in 2021 after 9 wonderful years in Singapore.
I started my writing career with Sensitive and Extraordinary, a blog about the joys and challenges of parenting a highly sensitive child, and two self-published picture books for highly sensitive children which have been recommended by Dr. Elaine Aron and Dr. Ted Zeff. I was later fortunate enough to work with traditional houses in Singapore, the US, and Canada.
I am a strong believer in the power children’s books have in shaping societies by nurturing empathy and kindness in young people, and I find the work authors, illustrators, and publishers do crucial in paving the way for a better tomorrow. There is nothing I enjoy more than playing with words to create a compelling and powerful story, and I am grateful I get to do that as an author, a critique partner, and a freelance editor.
You can find out more about all of Leila´s work at www.leilaboukarim.com and on Instagram @leilaboukarim
Episode 25 - A Million Kites