The Roses In My Carpets

Here where everything walls floor courtyard is mud a boy s heart can still long for freedom independence and safety.

The roses in my carpets.

After the news comes that his sister hospitalized with broken legs will heal the boy s dreams turn. Except that is when he escaped into his work as an apprentice carpet weaver. The roses in my carpets. In the roses in my carpets an afghani boy lives in a mud drenched refugee camp caring for his mother and sister and measuring his life by the next trip to the well or finding the next piece of bread.

The roses in my carpets is a masterful tale of a young afghan refugee by toronto writer rukhsana khan. For a young refugee living with loss and terror filled memories time is measured by the next bucket of water the next portion of bread and the next call to prayer. This realistic story follows a day in the life of a young afghani refugee who takes solace in the beautiful carpets he weaves. The roses he is weaving into a carpet appear in his vision of a future where the bombs cannot touch us picture book.