Danielle Vella

Dying to Live (eBook, PDF)

Stories from Refugees on the Road to Freedom

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book opens a window into the world of people who are forced to flee their homeland to survive: refugees. To understand this world, you'll read the words, stories, hopes, expectations, and often despairs of the refugees themselves. Danielle Vella takes the reader along on her travels from Africa to the Middle East to Europe to the US to meet and interview refugees -and tell their stories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216237204
• Artikelnr.: 75136734

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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