Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book and eBook formats.

Writers' Trust of Canada. "Abu Bakr al Rabeeah is a high school student who co-authored Homes: A Refugee Story"

"In 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life."

"In 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life. They moved to Homs, in Syria — just before the Syrian civil war broke out."

"Homes: A Refugee Story is the story of Abu Bakr and the al Rabeeah family as told to Bakr’s English Language Arts teacher, Winnie Yeung, in Edmonton, AB."

Professional Book Nerds, Podcast.  "On today's very special episode, Jill and Adam speak with Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung, co-creators of Homes: A Refugee Story."

National Post. "ESL teacher Winnie Yeung and student Abu Bakr al Rabeeah crafted Homes: A Refugee Story — which follows his life in Iraq and Syria and move to in Canada"

CBC Books. "The memoir tells the story of al Rabeeah's childhood in Iraq and Syria, playing soccer with his cousins and working with his father in the midst of civil war, before they came to Canada as refugees."

"Homes: A Refugee Story is the heart-rending account of Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, an Iraqi-born boy who as a child survived the civil war in Syria."

Statistics Canada. "In 2015, the Canadian government announced a plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada by the end of February 2016, in the wake of the ongoing war in Syria since 2011 and the ensuing humanitarian crisis."

BC Refugee Hub. "As refugees build new lives in British Columbia, stories begin to unfold highlighting achievements and progress of the resettlement movement."

"The Syrian boy who wrote his life story – with the help of his Canadian teacher"

"Winnie has been an English teacher for over ten years. Homes is her first book and received extensive critical acclaim."