Rashad Seedeen

Help fund a book that explains recent world events and issues in bite-sized essays written for a wide audience. Have you ever wanted to know the full story behind ISIS? Or why Russia is so interested in Ukraine? Or why Boko Haram kidnapped over 200 girls and massacred over 2,000 people? 

In Our World attempts to explain these issues and more. In Our World is a book of essays on world events and issues that seeks to be equal parts engaging and informative. This is our second year of writing the book with the biggest change being that more than half of the content is written by a small group of intelligent and engaged secondary students. 

Like last year each essay is divided into three parts: Background where the history of the event or issue is discussed; Analysis where the most important factors are presented; and lastly Conclusions where future considerations are looked at in detail. Each essay has a list of sources from university journals, research studies, government reports, newspaper articles and magazine stories. I've essentially applied academic skills in research and analysis to present essays for easy reading. Each essay ranges from 6-12 pages. The book in its entirety is only around 100 pages with 8 chapters and a short commentary on Charlie Hedbo.

The book is divided up into three sections: Global Politics, Social Issues and Economics. Events/issues covered take place from late 2013 to early 2015 and include: the Ebola crisis, the threat of ISIS, Boko Haram, violence against women, modern slavery and the World Cup, sexism in pop culture and celebrity culture and the right to privacy. If you would like to see the contents page or a couple of raw-sample chapters click here.

Just like last year each chapter will feature a full-page accompanying illustration (black & white) by my wife, Bronwyn Seedeen. If you would like to see a selection of her work from the last book go here. Below is some illustrations that will be featured in the book.


The Ebola Crisis


World Cup and Slavery

The cost of a small-run print can be broken down as such:
ISBN & Barcode: $45
Printing: $400 (100 copies)
Promotion Costs: $250
Total: $695

We would ideally like the Pozible campaign to cover all costs but the target amount set is the minimum that we need. If we surpass the target amount we will put it towards covering all costs and the book launch. We will also add extra prizes to our rewards section (stretcher goals). You will find out more about our stretcher goals as the campaign progresses.

The book is written and the last pieces of artwork being completed now. There are no immediate challenges, however if there are any we will inform you through updates as soon as possible.