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The ungrateful refugee, what immigrants never tell you, Dina Nayeri

eng

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autobiography

The ungrateful refugee

digital audio book

1122190411

Dina Nayeri

what immigrants never tell you

"What is it like to be a refugee? It is a question many of us do not give much thought to, and yet there are more than twenty-five million refugees in the world. Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned-refugee camp. Eventually, she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this audiobook, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement. In this book, a couple falls in love over the phone, women gather to prepare noodles that remind them of home, a closeted queer man tries to make his case truthfully as he seeks asylum, and a translator attempts to help new arrivals present their stories to officials. Nayeri confronts notions like "the swarm" and, on the other hand, "good" immigrants. She calls attention to the harmful way in which Western governments privilege certain dangers over others."--, Provided by publisher

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