The Cat I Never Named by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
Amra is a brilliant student with lots of potential. She is tall, beautiful and has a handful of solid friends. Despite all this, some of her teachers despise her and her best friend has stopped talking to her. She knows the reason too – she’s Muslim.
One day the Serbs in her city decide to turn on their Bosnian neighbours. They start up an army and surrounded them. Amra and her family soon end up dealing with starvation and threats of brutal violence. Through everything, a stray cat, Maci (cat in Bosnian) sticks with the family.
This gripping memoir will stay with you for the rest of your life. As you journey through a family’s struggles in the face of discrimination, and the rebounding love of a cat, you’ll find yourself in tears.
In heartfulness, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, shares her true story of strength, endurance and survival. Not only did she want to share her tale with the world, but she also wanted to get across how destructive hatred can be. Her hope is that in communicating her story she can drive people to end hate in whatever way they can. Amra is an author and professor at Columbia University. She lives in New York with her husband and two daughters.
