Sa solitude sera longtemps glacée, hantée par la voix de ce père absent et pourtant cruellement présent qui n’a de cesse de se moquer de ses rêves inévitablement entravés. Il raconte le combat toujours actif de sa mère pour récupérer Fadi et qui pense que son fils est resté petit, le vieillissement de ses grands-parents, l'aide qu'il apporte à sa famille pour renouer avec son père et Fadi en Syrie et l'inquiétude lors du déclenchement de la guerre en Syrie. Overall, the books were more interesting as a character study of a confused third culture kid than they were as an account of Syrian culture. An international publishing phenomenon, the six published volumes of The Arab of the Future have already sold more than 3.

After having followed her husband to Libya and then to Syria, Riad’s mother can’t take any more of village life in Ter Maaleh.The vast majority of discoveries Sattouf makes are corrupting; to get to witness a more innocent breakthrough was a very refreshing oasis of hope. If history is any indicator, I suspect that he also receives a fair number of menacing threats from Islamic fundamentalists. Riad meets his recently divorced, womanizing maternal grandfather, then they stay with Riad's grandmother in Brittany. Riad Sattouf publiceerde in 2022 het zesde en laatste deel van zijn uitmuntende autobiografische reeks 'De Arabier van de Toekomst'.

He shows what is happening, lets his history speak for itself, and it is up to the reader to form his or her opinion. This stunning memoir, reminiscent of a male Persepolis, was an award-winning bestseller when published in France. The details are salient and feel real, but a lot of the bigger context is missing; possibly purposely since Sattouf himself wouldn't have had context beyond snippets of news and overheard adult conversation at the time.Despite his very young age, Riad observes the propaganda of the Gaddafi regime and frequent food scarcity and rationing. Clémentine is desperate to recover Fadi, but the French authorities are unable to help her because she is still married. Terwijl Riad zich in Parijs, in zijn eentje, doorheen opleidingen en eerste jobs spartelt en de kritiek van zijn vader in zijn hoofd weergalmt, staat de wereld in brand, storten in NYC de WTC-blokken in en bereikt de Arabische Lente ook Syrië. The cousins' enmity appears to be entangled with a financial dispute between their father and Riad's father. The bulk of the texts takes place in Syria, and while the drawings are highly stylized, the brutality and poverty of life in rural Syria under Hafez al-Assad is palpable.