We are displaced: my journey and stories from refugee girls around the world
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Nobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai turns the faceless statistics and endless news stories about displacement into real people—introducing a small fraction of the millions worldwide who have fled home in this powerful and "stirring" (New York Times) account. After her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother. Zaynab was out of school for two years as she fled war before landing in America. Her sister, Sabreen, survived a harrowing journey to Italy. Ajida escaped horrific violence, but then found herself battling the elements to keep her family safe. Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement—first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are Displaced, Malala not only explores her own story, but she also shares the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her journeys—girls who have lost their community, relatives, and often the only world they've ever known. In a time of immigration crises, war, and border conflicts, We Are Displaced is an important reminder from one of the world's most prominent activists that every single one of the 68.5 million currently displaced is a person—often a young person—with hopes and dreams."A stirring and timely book." —New York Times
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9780316523646
031652364
031652364
Table of Contents
From the Book
Part 1: I am displaced. Life as we knew it
How could this be happening?
Internally displaced
Shangla
Returning home
Caught between two world
Part 2: We are displaced. Zaynab: Why me and not her?
Sabreen: No turning back
Zaynab: Dream big
Muzoon: I saw hope
Najla: Thousands of people, just like us
María: Nobody can take away what we carry inside
Analisa: Lucky
Marie Claire: A new beginning
Jennifer: I needed to do something
Ajida: At nighttime, we walked
Farah: This was my story.
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