She travelled to Pakistan in 1997 to interview refugees at an Afghan refugee camp. [2] From these interviews, she wrote The Breadwinner series, which includes The Breadwinner (2001), a book about a girl named Parvana; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Parvana's Journey (2002), its sequel; [ 5 ] Mud City (2003), about Shauzia, Parvana's best friend; [ 6 ] and My Name ...

Jul 19, 2016 · Facts about Deborah Ellis 2: The Breadwinner series The Breadwinner series is written by Ellis inspired from her travel to Pakistan in 1997. At that time, she went to an Afghan refugee camp where he interviewed refugees.

Aug 24, 2018 · For Ellis’s research, she spent several months interviewing women and girls in refugee camps in Pakistan. The novel ended up being a huge success and ending up winning awards like the Peter Pan Prize and the Middle East Book Award.

She is best known for The Breadwinner Trilogy, grounded in the interviews of refugees at an Afghan refugee camp, who she met during her travel to Pakistan in 1997. The series includes The Breadwinner (2001), Parvana's Journey (2002), Mud City …

Deborah has spent much time in Pakistan, in Afghan refugee camps, talking to women and documenting their lives under 20 years of war. Her main engagement continues to be anti-war politics. Deborah has written four novels about a 12-year-old girl, Parvana, living under Taliban rule in Afghanistan and the challenges that she and her family face.

Sep 13, 2012 · Travelling on her savings, she went to an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan the next year, and again in 1999, and did what she could to help, which turned out to be recording the stories of...

She has visited Afghanistan, and she has volunteered in a refugee camp in Pakistan. She has spent time talking to people, especially women, about their lives and their experiences during the Taliban's 5-year rule in Afghanistan.

Deborah Ellis concentrates on young adult novels that diverge from popular narratives. The present paper aims to raise awareness of Afghan children’s vulnerability to wartime instability through Ellis The Breadwinner.

She has held many jobs advocating for the peace movement and the anti-war movement. She travelled to Pakistan in 1997 to interview refugees at an Afghan refugee camp.

In 1999, Deborah spent several months talking with women and girls in the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan and Russia. During her stay, she met the mother and sister of a girl in Kabul who cut off her hair, put on boy's clothes and sold things off a tray in the marketplace to support her family.