Karim Shamsi-Basha
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The Cat Man of Aleppo
- By: Karim Shamsi-Basha
- Narrator: Ramsey Faragallah
- Length: 15 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
The Caldecott Honor-winning true story of Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, who in the midst of the Syrian Civil War courageously offered safe haven to Aleppo’s abandoned cats.
Aleppo’s city center no longer echoes with the rich, exciting sounds... Read more
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