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Fourteen-year-old Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Syria. Thirteen-year-old Max never wanted to move from America to Brussels, Belgium.
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- The Refugee Crisis 101
Aug 7, 2018 · Ahmed is a 14yo Syrian refugee who has lost his family in his war-torn home and is trying to survive alone after having fled to Europe by boat. Ahmed secretly takes shelter in Max’s residence, in the cellar of the basement.
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Sep 3, 2018 · In the book, the boy, 14-year-old Ahmed, and his father were originally trying to get to England, but as an orphan alone in Brussels, that dream fades. Instead, he finds himself hiding in a...
Both boys find themselves in Brussels: Ahmed after a harrowing sea journey where he loses his father and Max after moving there for his father’s job. Ahmed first stays with his father’s friend Ibrahim in a camp for refugees in Brussels’s Parc Maximilien.
“Nowhere Boy” tells the story of Ahmed Nasser, a Syrian teenager who flees his home to escape the civil war that killed his sisters, mother and grandfather. After losing his father during the sea...
Aug 7, 2018 · The terrorist attacks in Paris of November 2015, which killed hundreds of people, occur while Max and his family live in Belgium. Ahmed is frightened of being accused of being a terrorist because of his ethnicity, gender. Ahmed describes bombings in Syria, including death of his mother and sisters. Ahmed's nightmares feature corpses.
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Jan 7, 2024 · Ahmed continues to live in the basement unnoticed and undiscovered by anyone until one day, Max finds him. After understanding his story, Max empathizes with him and wants to help him out. With the help of his school friends, Max manages to get Ahmed admitted into a school.