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02968aam a2200457 i 4500 001 9572717C851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231117010120 008 200207t20202019nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781646220212 020 $a 1646220218 035 $a (OCoLC)1139151247 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d IRQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BBW $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d CCS $d MBT $d Z#6 $d OCL $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a a-ir--- 050 4 $a HV640.5.I73 $b N39 2019 082 04 $a 305.9/06914 $2 23 100 1 $a Nayeri, Dina, $e author. 245 14 $a The ungrateful refugee : $b what immigrants never tell you / $c Dina Nayeri. 250 $a First paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Catapult, $c 2020. 300 $a 350 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a 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 25 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 book, 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 these pages, a couple fall in love over the phone, and women gather to prepare the 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. With surprising and provocative questions, The Ungrateful Refugee challenges us to rethink how we talk about the refugee crisis 600 10 $a Nayeri, Dina $x Childhood and youth. 650 0 $a Refugee children $z Iran. 650 0 $a Refugee children $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Refugees $v Biography. 650 0 $a Refugees. 650 2 $a Refugees $0 (DNLM)D012036 650 7 $a Childhood and youth of a person $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01185271 650 7 $a Refugee children $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01092779 650 7 $a Refugee children $x Social conditions $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01092792 650 7 $a Refugees $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01092797 651 0 $a Iran $x Refugees $v Biography. 651 7 $a Iran $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204889 655 2 $a Biography $0 (DNLM)D019215 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000519 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023908.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9572717C851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search