How Saba Kept Singing will make its world premiere at this year’s Hot Docs festival. It revolves around 94 year old David Wisnia, who never told his wife, children or
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The renowned Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef has written his first children’s book, ‘The Magical Reality of Nadia’. Due to be published by Scholastic, the original publisher of the Harry Potter series in the US, in February 2021, the book is co-written with Catherine Daly, a former editor at Disney, Harper and Scholastic.
The book’s eponymous heroine is a 12-year-old Egyptian girl who moved to the US when she was six. She loves bobbleheads, and has collected 77 so far. But like many other children of colour, Nadia faces bullying and racism at school – particularly from one boy who considers her to be ‘different’.