'Yalla!' Is a Middle-Grade Graphic Novel From Oni Press About Immigrating, Learning a New Language and Fighting Monsters
Join the Magical, Heartful Adventure Next Summer from Debut Writer Ameen D.B., Illustrator Ismael Hernández, and Oni Press! AHLAN WA SAHLAN! Oni Press , the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to announce Yalla! , a middle-grade Arabic graphic novel for English readers, full of adventure, magic, and heartfelt stories of compassion and overcoming adversity from debut writer Ameen D.B. and illustrator Ismael Hernández ( Armored ). Telling bold stories about immigration, racism, environmentalism, and corruption, Yalla! puts readers in an immigrant’s shoes to teach literacy and empathy in unique ways—in stores July 2027! “Ahlan wa sahlan and welcome everyone to the magical world of Yalla! —a graphic novel for early readers that teaches literacy and empathy in new ways,” said writer Ameen D.B. “Across four stories, we experience a strange new world like an immigrant, like ten-year-old Pada . . ...