In 2023, New Friday, an imprint of Lev Gleason, will release I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp, a Pulitzer Prize winning story of Zumrat Duwat who was put in a detention facility in China for being a Muslin.
I ESCAPED A CHINESE INTERNMENT CAMP
Published by: New Friday
Written & Illustrated by: Anthony Del Col, Fahmida Azim
ISBN: 9781988247960
On Sale: 03/21/2023
Pages: 88
Ages: 12 and up
Paperback, $19.99 USD, $26.50 CAD
Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction / History / Biography & Memoir
This graphic novella recounts the true story of Zumrat Dawut, as originally published in the independent online news organization, Insider, through interviews conducted by Anthony Del Col and testimony given to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Zumrat Dawut is a mother of three in the Xinjiang autonomous region in China, who was arrested and sent to a detention facility for simply being a Muslim. There she endured brutal living conditions, torture, interrogations, anti-Muslim propaganda, and sterilization. But that was just the beginning of Zumrat’s troubles, who with her husband would soon hatch a plan to escape to America.
I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp is a harrowing, evocative and important story that will enthrall and enlighten readers worldwide.
I Escaped a Chinese Interment Camp arrives on March 21, 2023.
