| Genre: | Religion, Social Science |
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| Language : | English |
| Published: | March 08, 2011 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
Paperback | |
| ISBN13: | 9781586489502 |
| ISBN10: | 158648950X |
| Dimensions: | 6.25 x 9.25 x 0.69 inches |
| Weight: | 280 g |
About the Book
From Amman to Beirut and Damascus, award-winning NPR reporter Deborah Amos follows Sunnis living in exile--the largest exile population in postwar history. Husbands are separated from wives, children from parents, and many are cast into a violent and uncaring subculture in which they have few rights and no roots. Even college-educated women are forced to turn to prostitution. The decisions they make illuminate the human side of the post-conflict displacement in the Middle East and give voice to the trauma of the exiles who must choose daily between dignity and survival.