My Grandma Will Always Remember Me - Samar Mahfouz Barraj

The book was published in 2012 by Yuki Press and is illustrated by Maya Fidawi. Farah Merhi attended to the book’s typography and graphic design. My Grandma Will Always Remember Me is aimed at 9 to 12-year olds.

Samar, the little girl in the story, has always found excuses for the actions of her “cool” grandma. If she threw money in the trashcan, it was to prove that money was not important. If she kept biscuits under her pillow, it was to sneak some sweets in defiance of her doctor’s recommendations. If she added pepper to her tea, it was definitely one of her new recipes. But why has grandmother forgotten the name of her favorite neighbor Nadia? Where did she hide her spectacles? Why did she ask the same question twice and tell the same story thrice?

Samar tries to understand why her grandmother has recently started to act strangely, until one day, she finds out that her grandmother has Alzheimer’s, which is why she often forgets things.
Worried that, with time, her grandmother might forget her, Samar, sets out to help her remember the same way her grandmother used to help her learn letters, numbers and first words when Samar was little.

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