Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece
Author: Helen Benedict & Eyad Awwadawnan
Publisher: Footnote Press
Print Length: 336 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction / Migration & Refugee Studies, Autobiography or Memoir
Topic: Asylum & Asylum Seekers, Refugees & Forced Migration, Asylum & Refugee System, Camps, Lived Experience, Suffering, Trauma, Loss & Longing; Self-Determination, Autonomy Agency; Hope, Resilience, Belonging, Woman and Femininity, Challenges & Opportunities, Future Scenarios
The stories of refugees who fled violence or persecution only to become trapped in the worst refugee camps in Europe.
Helen Benedict, award-winning British-American professor of journalism at Columbia University, teams up with Syrian writer and refugee, Eyad Awwadawnan, to present the stories of five refugees who have endured long and dangerous journeys from the Middle East and Africa to Greece.
Hasan, Asmahan, Evans, Mursal and Calvin each tell their story, tracing the trajectory of their lives from homes and families in Syria, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Cameroon to the brutal refugee camps, where they are trapped in a strange and hostile world.
These are compelling, first-person stories of resilience, suffering and hope, told in a depth rarely seen in non-fiction, partly because one of the authors is a refugee himself, and partly because both authors spent years getting to know the interviewees and winning their trust. The women and men in this book tell their stories in their own words, retaining control and dignity, while revealing intimate and heartfelt scenes from their lives.
Table of Contents
Preface: Lost, Like My Homeland — Eyad Awwadawnan
Introduction: Hope and Sorrow — Helen Benedict
1. Hasan (Syria)
2. Asmahan (Syria)
3. Women on Samos — Helen Benedict
4. Evans (Nigeria)
5. Mursal (Afghanistan)
6. Calvin (Cameroon)
Epilogue: What Can Be Done — Helen Benedict & Eyad Awwadawnan
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
About the Authors
Index
Helen Benedict is a recipient of the 2021 PEN Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History and the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism. She is a novelist and journalist specializing in social injustice, refugees, the effects of war on civilians and soldiers, and on violence against women. Her most recent writings, including the nonfiction book, “Map of Hope and Sorrow,” have focused on Middle Eastern and African refugees trapped in camps in Greece, while her earlier work covered Iraqi refugees in the U.S., American women soldiers, and military sexual assault. Benedict is credited with breaking the story about the epidemic of sexual assault of military women serving in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Her writing inspired both a class action suit against the Pentagon on behalf of people sexually assaulted in the military and the 2012 Oscar-nominated documentary, The Invisible War. She is a Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, New York.
Source: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Map-of-Hope-and-Sorrow/Helen-Benedict/9781804440018 & https://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/helen-benedict
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Eyad Awwadawnan is a former a law student from Damascus, Syria. He is a writer and poet currently living as an asylum-seeker in Reykjavik, Iceland. During his four years in Greece, he worked as a cultural mediator, translator and interpreter for various NGOs.
Source: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Map-of-Hope-and-Sorrow/Helen-Benedict/9781804440018
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