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The naked don't fear the water : an underground journey with Afghan refugees / Matthieu Aikins.

By: Aikins, Matthieu [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers ; [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: x, 325 pages : map ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780063058583; 0063058588Other title: Naked do not fear the water | Underground journey with Afghan refugeesSubject(s): Aikins, Matthieu | | War correspondents -- Afghanistan | Refugees -- Afghanistan | Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives | War correspondents -- Afghanistan -- Personal narratives | Correspondants de guerre -- Afghānistān -- Récits personnels | Réfugiés -- Afghānistān -- Récits personnels | Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001- -- Récits personnels | Correspondants de guerre -- Afghānistān | Réfugiés -- Afghānistān | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival | War correspondents | Refugees | AfghanistanGenre/Form: Personal narratives. | Personal Narrative | Personal narratives | Personal narratives. | Récits personnels. LOC classification: PN5359.5 | .A55 2022
Contents:
The war -- The road -- The camp -- The city --
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325).

Part 1. The war -- Part 2. The road -- Part 3. The camp -- Part 4. The city -- Epilogue.

"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.

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