Yoshi wa-al-Tayrيويتشي والطير

Translated to Arabic, «Yuichi and the Bird», a novel by Japanese novelist Durian Sukegawa, with translation to Arabic by Husayn 'Umar. This is a contemporary tale taking the bird's point of view from its hatching to its adoption to its flight.

Johnson, fallen from the nest, is the only survivor of his siblings. Exhausted, the young crow is taken in by Ritsuko, a housekeeper and single mother, who decides to take him home in defiance of the ban on housing animals in her building, where the adolescent son, Yôichi, is passionate about the bird who he surrounds with loving cares. One day, the guard bursts into their home and Johnson, whom Yōichi had hidden on the balcony, flies away. This is the beginning for him of a long wandering. He knows he cannot return to his friend and tries to survive in a hostile city. A meeting will save his life...