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Faces of oppression and the price of justice : a woman's journey from Eritrea to Saudi-Arabia and the United States / Dawit Okubatsion Woldu & Irvin H. Bromall.
- Title
- Faces of oppression and the price of justice : a woman's journey from Eritrea to Saudi-Arabia and the United States / Dawit Okubatsion Woldu & Irvin H. Bromall.
- Author
- Woldu, Dawit Okubatsion, 1976-
- Publication
- Trenton : The Red Sea Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Additional Authors
- Bromall, Irvin H., 1941-2014,
- Description
- xii, 189 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "The book is the study of a personal ethnography of an Eritrean asylum seeker named Natsnet (Pseudo name), who experienced different forms of human right abuse in her own country and abroad. The book explores the different social, political, and historical forces that acted in the arduous life journey of this young Eritrean woman from her home country to Saudi-Arabia and finally to the United States. This highly original volume reveals the touching story of Natsnet, as she travels the hard road from war-time Eritrea to forced labour in Saudi Arabia, and the mixed blessings of freedom in America. Speaking sometimes in the first person, and sometimes through her interlocutors, Natsnet's story weaves together her very personal experiences with those of her biographers, but also helps readers to understand the broader historical and political background. This engaged story-telling reveals the complex emotional burdens that refugees on our shores carry with them. There is no happy ending here, but rather a complex tale, of challenges and hardship, through which Natsnet's attachment to her family, nation of origin and faith remain resolute--Dr. Sara Rich Dorman, Politics & International Relations, SPS, University of Edinburgh"--Page 4 of cover.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-181) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- An opening letter from Natsnet : why I want to tell my story -- Growing up in war-torn Eritrea -- National service, Natsnet, and her decision to go to Saudi-Arabia -- Life for Natsnet in Saudi Arabia -- The vacation, Orange City, and Natsnet's "great escape" -- Years of doubt, disappointment, & disillusionment -- "We must control the borders" : a kaleidoscope of images -- Anthropological and political perspectives of American asylum system -- Victory at last -- A new life awaits Natsnet's future.
- ISBN
- 9781569025031
- 1569025037
- 9781569025048
- 1569025045
- LCCN
- ^^2016038057
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library