Danielle Vella

Dying to Live

Stories from Refugees on the Road to Freedom

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the stories -and hopes, expectations, and despair - of refugees forced to flee their homeland to survive.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9781538118450
• ISBN-10: 1538118459
• Artikelnr.: 57570443

Autorenporträt

Danielle Vella is director of the International Reconciliation Program for the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). A journalist, she has also served as publication coordinator for JRS, editor and writer for the African Jesuit AIDS Network, a reporter for Vatican Radio, and a contributor to The Tablet, Times of Malta, and The Malta Independent. She is based in Malta, Italy, and travels internationally for JRS.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
PART 1: FLIGHT
Chapter 1: Where Do I Begin?
Chapter 2: Damned If You Do or If You Don't
Expecting The Worst
Wherever You Go, We Will Find You
Chapter 3: Paying The Price For Principles
Send Christian Children Away
Truth Has a Price
A Matter of Faith
Chapter 4: I Am Going Where I Will Be Free
They Were Wrong Men
Please Don't Hold The Gun
Escape
Chapter 5: I Was Already Dead
A Boy with a Difficult Life
I Felt I Had No Value
Chapter 6: Life Is So Cheap
Escaping ISIS
Paying a High Price for Freedom
Killed For Nothing
I Am You, You Are Me
PART 2: JOURNEY
Chapter 7: Leaving Syria
Unforgettable Details
The Good Druze
Chapter 8: Welcome to Libya
God Saved Me
Cruel Extortion
Good Samaritans
Chapter 9: Saving Lives Is Not a Crime
They Just Got Too Tired
Seeing the Reality
Chapter 10: Always Looking For a Better Place
Free At Last
Journey To Europe
Chapter 11: Fortress Europe
North African Spain
Another Deadly Option
Chapter 12: Looking For Life
I Want To See My Family Again
All I Want Is To Work and Have A Peaceful Life
Forced To Follow This Rhythm
Chapter 13: I Trust Myself
Looking For A Normal Life
Escape From Libya
From Algeria To Morocco
Melilla!
A Better Life Is Waiting Out There
Chapter 14: The Game
Beware of the Dogs
Hide and Seek
Chapter 15: Crisis of Compassion
A 50/50 Chance
Open-Door Policy
Chapter 16: A Life in Exile
Under the Bridge
Father and Son
Make It or Die
Try to Study
Happy in Rome
PART 3: DESTINATION?
Chapter 17: Safe For Now
Beautiful But So Expensive
Everyone Has a Story
Strained Hospitality
At Least We Are Safe Here
Chapter 18: The Dangers of Waiting
Wasted Time
How to Stop Worrying
Think Twice
Now It Is Time to Live
You Realise It's Not a Fairy Tale
Chapter 19: I Have a Dream
My Dream Is Coming True
I Hope For a Better Life
Chapter 20: Rejection and Hospitality in Europe
An Ecstatic Reunion. And Then What?
We Are Lucky To Welcome Him
A Moralising Approach Based On Convenient Classification
Another Chance at Life
God Always Helps
Chapter 21: You Need To Listen To That Voice
The Power of a Single Gesture
We Can Do More Than They Think
Refugees Are Not What You Think Them
Chapter 22: A Question of Belonging
I Feel I Don't Belong Here
This Is Me
Island of Isolation
Starting from Zero
Chapter 23: There Is Always Another Chance
A Whole New World
A Richly Deserved 'F'Welcome to America
Chapter 24: Do Unto Others.
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