{"product_id":"forgotten-refugees-two-iraqi-brothers-in-india-9789354473098","title":"Forgotten Refugees Two Iraqi Brothers in India","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'My brother and I have tried to preserve our humanity and keep alive our hope that one day we\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill find a country which will welcome us and a people who will embrace us.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the remarkable story-as moving as it is inspiring-of two Iraqi brothers who\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrow up in the midst of unending violence and become refugees, losing everything, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyet refuse to be broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1988 and 1991, even as children they saw their country descend into chaos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand impoverishment after the Gulf War, and into bloody sectarian conflict after the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUS-led invasion of 2003. Civil war and the sudden disappearance of their father\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeventually forced them to take a flight to India and seek the protection of the United\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in a country they had been told was a place of tolerance, they became the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enowhere people, branded 'illegal' foreigners, living in constant fear of being\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeported and coping daily with a communal situation where they found their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuslim identity was almost as perilous as their Shia identity in Iraq. Worst of all, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003every agency that exists to support refugees like them and help with resettlement, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabandoned them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first time that any refugees in India have spoken so candidly and in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuch detail of their experiences. Their testimony exposes many truths about India, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas it does about the international refugee problem and the world's premier refugee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eagency. Written by a human rights lawyer who has set precedents in refugee law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esince the 1990s, it is a passionate plea for the recognition of the rights of refugees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt reminds policy makers, agencies like the UNCHR-and every one of us-that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erefugees are, first and always, human beings and not mere statistics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354473098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.43d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nandita Haksar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325038399669,"sku":"9789354473098","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4b881cc0-f7de-40e1-9b18-06bed7d71f95.jpg?v=1660014891","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/forgotten-refugees-two-iraqi-brothers-in-india-9789354473098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}