Across
- 2. A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
- 7. Omar and Hassan’s stepmother
- 8. The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset
- 10. A state of mutual trust and support
- 11. of or relating to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam
- 12. Omar’s family goat
- 16. Maryam’s best friend
- 17. A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
- 19. a friend of Omar’s who writes “A Poem of Star”
- 20. Omar’s best friend
- 21. Fixed luminous points in the night sky
Down
- 1. A republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate with capital city Nairobi
- 3. steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- 4. An independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland with capital city Mogadishu
- 5. a continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian oceans
- 6. Omar’s younger brother
- 9. a war between political factions or regions within the same country
- 13. the main character, a Somali refugee boy
- 14. violation of the rights of others; unfair action or treatment
- 15. making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs
- 18. a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence