🌍 Identity In Exile

What remains of who you are when you're severed from homeland, language, and community? These books explore the ache and reinvention of selfhood far from home.

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 89%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

5k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Lipstick Jihad 89%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Americanized

by Sara Saedi • 2018

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

3.91

3k+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

Americanized 88%

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

by Sara Saedi 2018

3.91

3k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

Nobody Knows My Name

by James Baldwin • 1961

Exile sharpened Baldwin's sight: what America made of him, and why simple stories fail the truth.

4.36

5k+

📝 Literary Essays 🌍 Black Diaspora ✊ Civil Rights Era

Nobody Knows My Name 88%

Exile sharpened Baldwin's sight: what America made of him, and why simple stories fail the truth.

by James Baldwin 1961

4.36

5k+ ratings

📝 Literary Essays 🌍 Black Diaspora ✊ Civil Rights Era

Prisoner

by Jason Rezaian • 2019

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

3.88

2k+

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement

Prisoner 88%

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

by Jason Rezaian 2019

3.88

2k+ ratings

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement

IGNORANCE (L') by MILAN KUNDERA

by Milan Kundera • 2000

Twenty years after fleeing Prague, an émigrée returns to discover she no longer belongs.

3.81

28k+

🛫 Exile Literature 🤔 Philosophical Fiction 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe

IGNORANCE (L') by MILAN KUNDERA 88%

Twenty years after fleeing Prague, an émigrée returns to discover she no longer belongs.

by Milan Kundera 2000

3.81

28k+ ratings

🛫 Exile Literature 🤔 Philosophical Fiction 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe

From Miniskirt to Hijab

by Jacqueline Saper • 2019

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

4.16

667

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

From Miniskirt to Hijab 88%

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

by Jacqueline Saper 2019

4.16

667 ratings

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

The Latehomecomer

by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

4.18

9k+

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The Latehomecomer 88%

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

by Kao Kalia Yang 2008

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

American Like Me

by America Ferrera • 2018

Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.

4.32

6k+

🧩 Hyphenated Identity 🌐 Diaspora 👥 Double Consciousness

American Like Me 88%

Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.

by America Ferrera 2018

4.32

6k+ ratings

🧩 Hyphenated Identity 🌐 Diaspora 👥 Double Consciousness

Sparks Like Stars

by Nadia Hashimi • 2021

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

4.28

24k+

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt

Sparks Like Stars 88%

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

by Nadia Hashimi 2021

4.28

24k+ ratings

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt

Third Culture Kids

by Ruth E. van Reken • 1999

A childhood spent crossing cultures builds extraordinary skills and a grief most people never see.

4.09

2k+

🧳 Third Culture Kids 🌍 Cross-Cultural Identity 👶 Expat Childhood

Third Culture Kids 88%

A childhood spent crossing cultures builds extraordinary skills and a grief most people never see.

by Ruth E. van Reken 1999

4.09

2k+ ratings

🧳 Third Culture Kids 🌍 Cross-Cultural Identity 👶 Expat Childhood

Laughing Without an Accent

by Firoozeh Dumas • 2008

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

3.81

4k+

🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor

Laughing Without an Accent 88%

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

by Firoozeh Dumas 2008

3.81

4k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor

Navajos Wear Nikes

by Jim Kristofic • 2011

The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.

4.08

709

🏜️ Reservation Life 🌐 Cultural Identity 👁️ Outsider Perspective

Navajos Wear Nikes 88%

The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.

by Jim Kristofic 2011

4.08

709 ratings

🏜️ Reservation Life 🌐 Cultural Identity 👁️ Outsider Perspective

In the Sea There are Crocodiles

by Fabio Geda • 2010

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

4.01

15k+

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

In the Sea There are Crocodiles 88%

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

by Fabio Geda 2010

4.01

15k+ ratings

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

Persian Girls

by Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

3.92

4k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

Persian Girls 88%

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

by Nahid Rachlin 2006

3.92

4k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

The Story of a Life

by Aharon Appelfeld • 1983

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

3.89

921

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

The Story of a Life 87%

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

by Aharon Appelfeld 1983

3.89

921 ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

Bangkok Days

by Lawrence Osborne • 2009

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

3.41

1k+

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

Bangkok Days 87%

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

by Lawrence Osborne 2009

3.41

1k+ ratings

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

Daughter of Persia

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian • 1992

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

4.13

2k+

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women'S Stories

Daughter of Persia 87%

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian 1992

4.13

2k+ ratings

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women'S Stories

Joseph Anton

by Salman Rushdie • 2012

A novelist with a bounty on his head. A decade in hiding. The books he wrote to survive.

3.65

9k+

📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers Under Threat 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy

Joseph Anton 87%

A novelist with a bounty on his head. A decade in hiding. The books he wrote to survive.

by Salman Rushdie 2012

3.65

9k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers Under Threat 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy

My Invented Country

by Isabel Allende • 2003

When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.

3.89

13k+

🏞️ Travel Memoir 🛅 Exile Memoir 🇨🇱 Chilean Culture

My Invented Country 87%

When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.

by Isabel Allende 2003

3.89

13k+ ratings

🏞️ Travel Memoir 🛅 Exile Memoir 🇨🇱 Chilean Culture

Power, Politics and Culture

by Edward W. Said • 2001

The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.

4.26

613

🏛️ Postcolonial Theory 🕌 Middle Eastern Politics 🗺️ Cultural Imperialism

Power, Politics and Culture 87%

The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.

by Edward W. Said 2001

4.26

613 ratings

🏛️ Postcolonial Theory 🕌 Middle Eastern Politics 🗺️ Cultural Imperialism

National Identity

by Anthony D. Smith • 1991

Nations feel ancient, but they are modern inventions built from ethnic memories and myths.

3.71

243

📚 Nationalism Studies 🧬 Ethnic Identity 🏗️ Nation Building

National Identity 87%

Nations feel ancient, but they are modern inventions built from ethnic memories and myths.

by Anthony D. Smith 1991

3.71

243 ratings

📚 Nationalism Studies 🧬 Ethnic Identity 🏗️ Nation Building

Libro dell'acqua

by Eduard Limonov • 2003

At 48, a Russian exile finds his war and grins, documenting his self-made legend.

3.56

259

📖 Autofiction 🖤 Transgressive Literature 🇷🇺 Russian Memoir

Libro dell'acqua 87%

At 48, a Russian exile finds his war and grins, documenting his self-made legend.

by Eduard Limonov 2003

3.56

259 ratings

📖 Autofiction 🖤 Transgressive Literature 🇷🇺 Russian Memoir

Als wir Schwäne waren

by Behzad Karim Khani • 2024

An Iranian boy grows up in a German housing estate where fists speak louder than his parents' hopes.

4.33

1k+

🏙️ Housing Estate Life 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👥 Gang Loyalty And Rivalry

Als wir Schwäne waren 87%

An Iranian boy grows up in a German housing estate where fists speak louder than his parents' hopes.

by Behzad Karim Khani 2024

4.33

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Housing Estate Life 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👥 Gang Loyalty And Rivalry

The Complete Memoirs

by Pablo Neruda • 1974

The Nobel poet who turned exile, love, and the Chilean forest into one continuous poem.

4.16

5k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🌎 Latin American Literature 🎨 Art And Politics

The Complete Memoirs 87%

The Nobel poet who turned exile, love, and the Chilean forest into one continuous poem.

by Pablo Neruda 1974

4.16

5k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🌎 Latin American Literature 🎨 Art And Politics

Never Stop Walking

by Christina Rickardsson • 2016

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

3.98

10k+

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma

Never Stop Walking 87%

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

by Christina Rickardsson 2016

3.98

10k+ ratings

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma

A Long Way Home

by Saroo Brierley • 2013

Lost as a boy in India, Saroo Brierley spent years searching for home with Google Earth.

4.12

68k+

📖 Adoption Memoir 🔍 Search For Identity 🧒 Childhood Survival

A Long Way Home 87%

Lost as a boy in India, Saroo Brierley spent years searching for home with Google Earth.

by Saroo Brierley 2013

4.12

68k+ ratings

📖 Adoption Memoir 🔍 Search For Identity 🧒 Childhood Survival

The Romantic

by William Boyd • 2022

An orphan's false name propels a life of war, romance, exploration, exile across the 19th century.

4.14

10k+

📖 Picaresque Novel 🎭 False Identity 🏝️ Exile

The Romantic 87%

An orphan's false name propels a life of war, romance, exploration, exile across the 19th century.

by William Boyd 2022

4.14

10k+ ratings

📖 Picaresque Novel 🎭 False Identity 🏝️ Exile

The Diversity Illusion

by Ed West • 2012

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

4.04

226

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital

The Diversity Illusion 87%

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

by Ed West 2012

4.04

226 ratings

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital

Dreams from My Father

by Barack Obama • 1995

From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.

3.94

232k+

🧬 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing 👤 Absent Fathers

Dreams from My Father 87%

From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.

by Barack Obama 1995

3.94

232k+ ratings

🧬 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing 👤 Absent Fathers

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka • 1948

An insurance clerk fills notebooks at night, dissecting himself with precision that still stings.

4.22

260

📓 Literary Diaries ✍️ Creative Struggle 🕳️ Existential Despair

The Diaries of Franz Kafka 87%

An insurance clerk fills notebooks at night, dissecting himself with precision that still stings.

by Franz Kafka 1948

4.22

260 ratings

📓 Literary Diaries ✍️ Creative Struggle 🕳️ Existential Despair

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

20k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

We Have Always Been Here 87%

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019

4.16

20k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

We Were Dreamers

by Simu Liu • 2022

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

4.33

31k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations

We Were Dreamers 87%

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

by Simu Liu 2022

4.33

31k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations

Brown Enough

by Christopher Rivas • 2022

The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.

4.28

310

🤎 Mixed Race Identity 🌎 Latinx Diaspora 🎨 Colorism

Brown Enough 87%

The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.

by Christopher Rivas 2022

4.28

310 ratings

🤎 Mixed Race Identity 🌎 Latinx Diaspora 🎨 Colorism

Orientalism

by Edward W. Said • 1978

Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.

4.14

30k+

📚 Postcolonial Theory 🏛️ Cultural Imperialism 👤 Othering

Orientalism 87%

Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.

by Edward W. Said 1978

4.14

30k+ ratings

📚 Postcolonial Theory 🏛️ Cultural Imperialism 👤 Othering

The Return

by Hisham Matar • 2016

Decades after Qaddafi made his father disappear, a son returns to Libya seeking answers.

4.16

16k+

🇱🇾 Libyan History 🔍 Forced Disappearance 🏠 Exile And Belonging

The Return 87%

Decades after Qaddafi made his father disappear, a son returns to Libya seeking answers.

by Hisham Matar 2016

4.16

16k+ ratings

🇱🇾 Libyan History 🔍 Forced Disappearance 🏠 Exile And Belonging

Identity

by Francis Fukuyama • 2018

Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.

3.84

7k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Recognition Theory 🏴 National Identity

Identity 87%

Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.

by Francis Fukuyama 2018

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Recognition Theory 🏴 National Identity

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad • 2025

The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.

4.57

67k+

🏛️ Western Liberalism 🎭 Liberal Complicity 📰 Media Critique

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Summary

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 87%

The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.

by Omar El Akkad 2025

4.57

67k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Liberalism 🎭 Liberal Complicity 📰 Media Critique

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka • 2023

Kafka's diaries: the body hatred, the office dread, the nights his fiction tried to escape.

4.28

577

📖 Literary Diaries 🎨 Creative Struggle 🌙 Dream Journaling

The Diaries of Franz Kafka 87%

Kafka's diaries: the body hatred, the office dread, the nights his fiction tried to escape.

by Franz Kafka 2023

4.28

577 ratings

📖 Literary Diaries 🎨 Creative Struggle 🌙 Dream Journaling

Solito

by Javier Zamora • 2022

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

4.48

81k+

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing

Solito 87%

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

by Javier Zamora 2022

4.48

81k+ ratings

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing

The Good Immigrant

by Nikesh Shukla • 2019

Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.

4.24

2k+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🚧 Systemic Racism 🚪 Conditional Belonging

The Good Immigrant 87%

Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.

by Nikesh Shukla 2019

4.24

2k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🚧 Systemic Racism 🚪 Conditional Belonging

Zoli

by Colum McCann • 2006

Symbol to the state, outcast to her people, a Roma poet walks into exile.

3.70

4k+

🏕️ Roma Culture ✍️ Poet Protagonist 🔴 Communist Era Europe

Zoli 87%

Symbol to the state, outcast to her people, a Roma poet walks into exile.

by Colum McCann 2006

3.70

4k+ ratings

🏕️ Roma Culture ✍️ Poet Protagonist 🔴 Communist Era Europe

1001 Nights in Iraq

by Shant Kenderian • 2005

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

3.93

146

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🤝 Cultural Bridging

1001 Nights in Iraq 87%

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

by Shant Kenderian 2005

3.93

146 ratings

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🤝 Cultural Bridging

Le troisième mensonge

by Ágota Kristóf • 1991

Returning home to die, an exile's search for his twin unravels a lifetime of deceptions.

4.04

7k+

🪞 Metafiction 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Le troisième mensonge 87%

Returning home to die, an exile's search for his twin unravels a lifetime of deceptions.

by Ágota Kristóf 1991

4.04

7k+ ratings

🪞 Metafiction 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Ethnic Boundary Making

by Andreas Wimmer • 2012

Ethnic boundaries are built, not inherited. Who draws the lines, and how they get enforced.

3.55

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Ethnicity 📐 Boundary Theory 🚧 Social Closure

Ethnic Boundary Making 87%

Ethnic boundaries are built, not inherited. Who draws the lines, and how they get enforced.

by Andreas Wimmer 2012

3.55

22 ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Ethnicity 📐 Boundary Theory 🚧 Social Closure

You Must Set Forth at Dawn

by Wole Soyinka • 2006

A stolen artifact, a dictator's table, a secret peace mission: a Nobel laureate's life off stage.

4.02

518

🇳🇬 Nigerian Politics 🌍 Postcolonial Africa 📚 African Literature

You Must Set Forth at Dawn 87%

A stolen artifact, a dictator's table, a secret peace mission: a Nobel laureate's life off stage.

by Wole Soyinka 2006

4.02

518 ratings

🇳🇬 Nigerian Politics 🌍 Postcolonial Africa 📚 African Literature

The Lonely Londoners

by Sam Selvon • 1956

Moses Aloetta guides West Indian newcomers through a London of fog, poverty, and quiet exclusion.

3.70

14k+

🛳️ Windrush Generation 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🏙️ Postwar London

The Lonely Londoners 86%

Moses Aloetta guides West Indian newcomers through a London of fog, poverty, and quiet exclusion.

by Sam Selvon 1956

3.70

14k+ ratings

🛳️ Windrush Generation 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🏙️ Postwar London

Perfectly You

by Mariana Atencio • 2019

Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.

3.97

244

🗺️ Immigrant Memoir 💼 Career Journeys 📖 Owning Your Story

Perfectly You 86%

Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.

by Mariana Atencio 2019

3.97

244 ratings

🗺️ Immigrant Memoir 💼 Career Journeys 📖 Owning Your Story

Mobile Home

by Megan Harlan • 2020

Seventeen homes on four continents before age 17: a memoir that excavates the meaning of home.

4.60

184

🏕️ Third Culture Kids 🧳 Nomadic Childhood 🏛️ Landscape And Memory

Mobile Home 86%

Seventeen homes on four continents before age 17: a memoir that excavates the meaning of home.

by Megan Harlan 2020

4.60

184 ratings

🏕️ Third Culture Kids 🧳 Nomadic Childhood 🏛️ Landscape And Memory

Call Me American

by Abdi Nor Iftin • 2018

America, glimpsed via Rambo, cost him a decade of war, a refugee camp, and a lottery.

4.52

5k+

🇸🇴 Somali Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏕️ Refugee Experience

Call Me American 86%

America, glimpsed via Rambo, cost him a decade of war, a refugee camp, and a lottery.

by Abdi Nor Iftin 2018

4.52

5k+ ratings

🇸🇴 Somali Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏕️ Refugee Experience

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