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Salima from Kashmir (original title: Salima bor i Kashmir ) is the title of a photo book by the Swedish writer Vera Forsberg with photos by Anna Riwkin-Brick . In 1970 the book was published by Rabén & Sjögren as the fifteenth and last book in the Children of Our Earth series , for which authors such as Astrid Lindgren , Leah Goldberg , Elly Jannes , Eugénie Söderberg and Cordelia Edvardson also contributed the texts. A year later, the Oetinger Verlag published the book in Germany.
action
Salima lives in Srinagar , the largest city in Kashmir, on a houseboat. Nazir is Salmia's younger brother and goes to school, while Salima is supposed to stay at home as a girl and take care of the younger sister. One day a girl comes into Nazir's class. Nazir wants Salima to be able to go to school too. However, his teacher tells him that his father and grandfather must first give their consent so that Salima can come to school. Nazir wants to stand up for his grandfather, but he just laughs and thinks it's a strange idea. Salima still has to study enough at home. Salima now wants to prove to her grandfather that she is very smart and can therefore go to school. She helps her mother wherever she can. When Salima's grandfather meets Nazir's teacher and he advises Salima to let him go to school, the grandfather agrees. Salima is overjoyed. After a while she can read, do arithmetic and write and read a newspaper to her grandfather.
background
Salima from Kashmir is the last book in the Children of Our Earth book series . In 1969 the photographer Anna Riwkin-Brick traveled to Kashmir to take photos for the book. Vera Forsberg later wrote the text for the photos. The book has been translated into many languages including English, Hebrew, Norwegian, and German.
In Israel, the Children of our Earth series , which also includes Salima from Kashmir , was a great success. The latter was also based on the translations of the poet Leah Goldberg . In 2017, Israeli director Dvorit Shargal made a 50-minute documentary entitled Where is Elle Kari and what happened to Noriko-san? dealing with some of the books in the series. The film resulted in nine stories from the Children of Our Earth series being reprinted in Israel, including Salima from Kashmir .
reception
Vinayak Razdan praises the photos by Anna Riwkin-Brick. He thinks that the friendly smiles of the children in the book pull the viewer under its spell. It shows an incredible beauty and innocence. Meena Khorana thinks that the reader can empathize with the life of Salima. It is particularly interesting for the viewer of Salima's desire to read, to break with tradition and also to be able to go to school as a girl. The beauty of the Srinagar valley and its inhabitants is captured by the many photos. Elisabeth Wesseling praised the book's high artistic quality.
expenditure
- Salima bor i Kashmir, Rabén & Sjögren, 1970, Swedish edition
- Salima lives in Kashmir, Methuen & Co, 1971 British edition
- Salima lives in Kashmir, Macmillan 1971, US edition
- Salima from Kashmir, Oetinger Verlag, 1971, German edition
- Salimah hayaldah mi-Ḳashmir, Merḥaviah: Sifriyat Po‛alim, 1973, Hebrew edition
- Salima bor i Kashmir, Gyldendal, 1971, Norwegian edition
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Salima lives in Kashmir, by Anna Riwkin-Brick, 1971 .
- ↑ The view of the foreign. Astrid Lindgrens and Anna Riwkin-Bricks photo picture books. .
- ^ Salima lives in Kashmir .
- ↑ Salimah hayaldah mi-Kashmir .
- ^ Salima bor i Kashmir .
- ↑ Salima from Kashmir .
- ↑ Dov Alfon: Opinion. The Boy Who Taught French Jewish Kids to Love Israel. .
- ↑ Where Is Lilibet the Circus Child and What Happened in Honolulu? .
- ↑ דבורית שרגל על סרטה החדש: "הוכחתי לכל הקרנות שהן טועות" .
- ↑ על סדרת ילדי העולם .
- ^ Meena Khorana (1991): The Indian Subcontinent in Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography of English-language Books . Greenwood Publishing Group. P. 192 limited preview in Google Book search
- ^ Elisabeth Wesseling (2007): Reinventing Childhood Nostalgia: Books, Toys, and Contemporary Media Culture. Routledge. P. 173