TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aikins,Matthieu
TI  - The naked don't fear the water: an underground journey with Afghan refugees 
SN  - 9780063058583
AV  - PN5359.5 .A55 2022
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Aikins, Matthieu.
KW  - War correspondents
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-2021
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Correspondants de guerre
KW  - Afghānistān
KW  - Récits personnels
KW  - Réfugiés
KW  - Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001-
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival
KW  - fast
KW  - Personal Narrative
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325); Part 1; The war --; Part 2; The road --; Part 3; The camp --; Part 4; The city --; Epilogue
N2  - "In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named Omar makes the heart-wrenching choice to flee his war-torn country, saying goodbye to Laila, the love of his life, without knowing when they might be reunited again. He is one of millions of refugees who leave their homes that year. Matthieu Aikins, a journalist living in Kabul, decides to follow his friend. In order to do so, he must leave his own passport and identity behind to go underground on the refugee trail with Omar. Their odyssey across land and sea from Afghanistan to Europe brings them face to face with the people at heart of the migration crisis: smugglers, cops, activists, and the men, women and children fleeing war in search of a better life. As setbacks and dangers mount for the two friends, Matthieu is also drawn into the escape plans of Omar's entire family, including Maryam, the matriarch who has fought ferociously for her children's survival."--Amazon
ER  -