Book Review

“Not many countries offer a second chance. The U.S. gave me that.” – Jorge Ramos. Immigration is viewed as a social process that brings a sense of betterment and growth to life. However, not everything about migration is sunshine and rainbows. The documentary The Other Side of Immigration, 2009, directed by Roy Germano, covers the […]

Introduction We Are Displaced – My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World takes us through the refugee experiences of girls around the world that Malala Yousufzai has met with. Yousufzai and the refugee girls tell a very inspiring story focusing on how they were forced to migrate and seek refuge elsewhere for

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza is a story of an American family about faith, honour, and betrayal. It is the coming-of-age story of Amar, a young Indian American Muslim in post-9/11 America. The novel revolves around Amar’s place within his family and the Indian Muslim community’s place in the United States. Amar questions

Introduction I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World takes us through the life of Malala Yousafzai. Yousafzai tells a very inspiring story focused on her life since the Taliban took over her home region – Swat, Pakistan. As a result, she stood up and began to use her

The book ‘Immigrants-Your country needs them‘ is written by Philippe Legrain. The author highlights the positive sides of immigration, such as the availability of an additional workforce at a lower price and a dedicated generation who travelled a thousand miles to change their fate. This book was published in 2007; it spans 392 pages and

Introduction We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story takes us through the life of Simu Liu – a Canadian actor and stuntman who is also now the author of this book. This memoir is honest, inspiring, and relatable as it shows Liu’s origin story of growing up in China, immigrating to Canada, beginning to

The book ‘Armed Conflict and Displacement: The Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons Under International Humanitarian Law’ explores the correlation between conflict and displacement by examining how the law of armed conflict – International Humanitarian Law (hereafter IHL) – deals with the issue of displacement. A series of questions are raised by the author in

The book ‘Gender and Migration’ is a study of two European scholars Anastasia Christou and Eleonore Kofman on feminisation of migration studies/ migration. The book is published on 08 March 2022 and focuses on recent trends in migration that is during the past thirty or so years. However, the study looks back to the general

‘Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman,’ written by Ramona Vijeyarasa, contains a systemic analysis of human trafficking and the conventional notions about the nature and characteristics of its victims, which are dominated by narratives of the victims being extremely poor, illiterate, and female. The author is a human rights lawyer and academician who delves deeply