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A review by ljrinaldi
A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi
4.0
What I love about this is that although Mimi, who is American born, but whose mother was born in Pakistan, she only remain all that ignorant for long. True, she never quite gets that her t-shirt slogans are not funny to anyone but her, but she does begin to get used to Karachi and the rules of the country.
At that age, it is very easy to just feel above the local people, because America is so much better. But by pulling back, and seeing the world in another way, she get to see the good things that Pakistan has to offer.
And while she gets better at Urdo, she also teaches Sakina, the daughter of the cook, who works in the house of her grandmother, English. Sakina wants to go to school, and she needs to k now English to get a scholarship.
It never occurs to Mimi that some children can't go to school.
This is a delightful tale, and doesn't have the usual tropes of underling anything. It is very honest and fun story, and one you can't put down.
At that age, it is very easy to just feel above the local people, because America is so much better. But by pulling back, and seeing the world in another way, she get to see the good things that Pakistan has to offer.
And while she gets better at Urdo, she also teaches Sakina, the daughter of the cook, who works in the house of her grandmother, English. Sakina wants to go to school, and she needs to k now English to get a scholarship.
It never occurs to Mimi that some children can't go to school.
This is a delightful tale, and doesn't have the usual tropes of underling anything. It is very honest and fun story, and one you can't put down.