An Olympic Dream: The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar

“Olympic Dream is the story of Samia Yusuf Omar. If you watched the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she was the young Somalian woman who came in last…She doesn’t have the right clothes, she doesn’t really have the right shoes. But she runs, and she doesn’t give up. Everyone in the stadium was on their feet applauding her, because she had to defy her nation and defy her culture to get to be able to run. No one left the stadium before she finished, they’re all sitting there watching her, not a dry eye in the house…Reinhard Kleist traces this whole story of hers, and her family at home: how people gave up a lot to get the money so she could be smuggled. I’m not going to tell you what happens. It’s just the incredible story of this woman. I really recommend this book. It’s extraordinary.” Read more...

Five Graphic Novels People Need to Read

Ivanka Hahnenberger, Translator