A moving, fictional account of one child's life in a conflict zone, in
Mogadishu, Somalia
Amina lives on the edges of Mogadishu. Her family's house has been
damaged in Somalia's long civil war, but they continue to live there,
reluctant to leave their home. Amina's world is shattered when
government forces come to arrest her father because his art has been
officially censored, deemed too political. Then rebel forces kidnap
Amina's brother, forcing him to become a soldier in Somalia's brutal
ongoing war. Although her mother and grandmother are still with her,
Amina feels vulnerable and abandoned. Secretly, she begins to create her
own artwork in the streets and the derelict buildings to give herself a
sense of hope and to let out the burden of her heart. Her artwork
explodes into Mogadishu's underground world, providing a voice for
people all over the city who hope for a better, more secure future.