Based on a remarkable true story, an unforgettable Somali girl risks her life on the migrant journey to Europe to run in the Olympic Games At eight years of age, Samia lives to run. She shares her dream with her best friend and neighbor, Ali, who appoints himself her "professional coach." Eight-year-old Ali trains her, times her, and pushes her to achieve her goals. For both children, Samia's running is the bright spot in their tumultuous life in Somalia. She is talented, brave, and determined to represent her country in the Olympic Games, just like her hero, the great Somali runner Mo Farah. For the next several years, Samia and Ali train at night in a deserted stadium as war rages and political tensions continue to escalate. Despite the lack of resources, despite the war, and despite all of the restrictions imposed on Somali women, Samia becomes a world-class runner. As a teenager, she is selected to represent her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She finishes last in her heat at the Games, but the sight of the small, skinny woman in modest clothes running in the dust of athletes like Veronica Campbell-Brown brings the Olympic stadium to its feet. Samia sets her sights on the 2012 Games in London. Conditions in Somalia have worsened, and she must make the arduous migrant journey across Africa and the Mediterranean alone. Just like millions of refugees, Samia risks her life for the hope of a better future. Don’t Tell Me You’re Afraid is the unforgettable story of a courageous young woman, and it is also a remarkable window onto a global crisis. Written by Giuseppe Catozzella and translated by Anne Milano Appel.

Don't Tell Me You're Afraid: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Catozzella, Giuseppe

Literary

Penguin Audio

Based on a remarkable true story, an unforgettable Somali girl risks her life on the migrant journey to Europe to run in the Olympic Games At eight years of age, Samia lives to run. She shares her dream with her best friend and neighbor, Ali, who appoints himself her "professional coach." Eight-year-old Ali trains her, times her, and pushes her to achieve her goals. For both children, Samia's running is the bright spot in their tumultuous life in Somalia. She is talented, brave, and determined to represent her country in the Olympic Games, just like her hero, the great Somali runner Mo Farah. For the next several years, Samia and Ali train at night in a deserted stadium as war rages and political tensions continue to escalate. Despite the lack of resources, despite the war, and despite all of the restrictions imposed on Somali women, Samia becomes a world-class runner. As a teenager, she is selected to represent her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She finishes last in her heat at the Games, but the sight of the small, skinny woman in modest clothes running in the dust of athletes like Veronica Campbell-Brown brings the Olympic stadium to its feet. Samia sets her sights on the 2012 Games in London. Conditions in Somalia have worsened, and she must make the arduous migrant journey across Africa and the Mediterranean alone. Just like millions of refugees, Samia risks her life for the hope of a better future. Don t Tell Me You re Afraid is the unforgettable story of a courageous young woman, and it is also a remarkable window onto a global crisis."

Dont Tell Me Youre Afraid (Thorndike Press Large Print Core)

Thorndike Press Large Print

Based on a remarkable true story, an unforgettable Somali girl risks her life on the migrant journey to Europe to run in the Olympic Games At eight years of age, Samia lives to run. She shares her dream with her best friend and neighbor, Ali, who appoints himself her "professional coach." Eight-year-old Ali trains her, times her, and pushes her to achieve her goals. For both children, Samia's running is the bright spot in their tumultuous life in Somalia. She is talented, brave, and determined to represent her country in the Olympic Games, just like her hero, the great Somali runner Mo Farah. For the next several years, Samia and Ali train at night in a deserted stadium as war rages and political tensions continue to escalate. Despite the lack of resources, despite the war, and despite all of the restrictions imposed on Somali women, Samia becomes a world-class runner. As a teenager, she is selected to represent her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She finishes last in her heat at the Games, but the sight of the small, skinny woman in modest clothes running in the dust of athletes like Veronica Campbell-Brown brings the Olympic stadium to its feet. Samia sets her sights on the 2012 Games in London. Conditions in Somalia have worsened, and she must make the arduous migrant journey across Africa and the Mediterranean alone. Just like millions of refugees, Samia risks her life for the hope of a better future. Don’t Tell Me You’re Afraid is the unforgettable story of a courageous young woman, and it is also a remarkable window onto a global crisis.

Don't Tell Me You're Afraid

Penguin Pr

Brigantessa

Genre Fiction

Buchet/Chastel

Italiana. Una donna italiana. Maria Oliverio, altrimenti conosciuta come Ciccilla, nasce a Casole, nella Sila calabrese, da famiglia poverissima. Dalle strade del paese si sale sulla montagna che è selvaggia, a volte oscura, a volte generosa come una madre. Quelle strade, quei sentieri li imbocca ragazzina quando la sorella maggiore Teresa, tornata a vivere in famiglia, le toglie il letto e il tetto. E quelli sono i sentieri che Maria prende per combattere al fianco di Pietro, brigante e ribelle, diventando presto la prima e unica donna a guidare una banda contro la ferocia dell'esercito regio. Se da una parte Teresa trama contro di lei una incomprensibile tela di odio, dall'altra Pietro la guida dentro l'amore senza risparmiarle la violenza che talora ai maschi piace incidere sul corpo delle donne. Ciccilla passa la giovinezza nei boschi, apprende la grammatica della libertà, legge la natura, impara a conoscere la montagna, a distinguere il giusto dall'ingiusto, e non teme di battersi, sia quando sono in gioco i sentimenti, sia quando è in gioco l'orizzonte ben più ampio di una nuova umanità. Il volo del nibbio, la muta complicità di una lupa, la maestà ferita di un larice, tutto le insegna che si può ricominciare ogni volta daccapo, per conquistarsi un futuro come donna, come rivoluzionaria, come italiana di una nazione che ancora non esiste ma che forse sta nascendo con lei.

Italiana

Contemporary

Mondadori

Samia è una ragazzina di Mogadiscio. Ha la corsa nel sangue. Ogni giorno divide i suoi sogni con Alì, che è amico del cuore, confidente e primo, appassionato allenatore. Mentre intorno la Somalia è sempre più preda dell'irrigidimento politico e religioso, mentre le armi parlano sempre più forte la lingua della sopraffazione, Samia guarda lontano, e avverte nelle sue gambe magre e velocissime un destino di riscatto per il paese martoriato e per le donne somale. Gli allenamenti notturni nello stadio deserto, per nascondersi dagli occhi accusatori degli integralisti, e le prime affermazioni la portano, a soli diciassette anni, a qualificarsi alle Olimpiadi di Pechino. Arriva ultima, ma diventa un simbolo per le donne musulmane in tutto il mondo. Il suo vero sogno, però, è vincere. L'appuntamento è con le Olimpiadi di Londra del 2012. Ma tutto diventa difficile. Gli integralisti prendono ancora più potere, Samia corre chiusa dentro un burqa ed è costretta a fronteggiare una perdita lacerante, mentre il "fratello di tutta una vita" le cambia l'esistenza per sempre. Rimanere lì, all'improvviso, non ha più senso. Una notte parte, a piedi. Rincorrendo la libertà e il sogno di vincere le Olimpiadi. Sola, intraprende il Viaggio di ottomila chilometri, l'odissea dei migranti dall'Etiopia al Sudan e, attraverso il Sahara, alla Libia, per arrivare via mare in Italia.

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