Scattered by Aamna Mohdin

Scattered by Aamna Mohdin

A staggering investigation into the costs and consequences of displacement, from a young woman uniquely placed to explore the refugee experience and its aftershocks

Aamna Mohdin is a gifted storyteller with a compelling story in which resilience and humanity triumph over tragedy and displacementShe is a trusted, honest and at times humorous guide on a journey that is fraught, brave and at times dangerous. In a moment where refugees are often talked about but rarely heard from, her voice breaks through not because it is loud but because it is lyrical -- GARY YOUNGE
An absorbingly written account of exile combined with journalistic research and rigour. Aamna is such a thoughtful writer, and her voice, and this testimony, offers an essential bridge between discourse on migration in Britain and the lived experiences of many Britons, which are too often disregarded -- SALLY HAYDEN, author of the Orwell Prize-winning My Fourth Time, We Drowned
The only way out of the crisis of exclusion sweeping across the Atlantic Ocean is storytelling that overcomes apathy and scapegoating in favour of empathy and hospitality. In so luminously recounting the story of her family, and the exodus from Somalia to the United Kingdom she and her parents have lived, Aamna Mohdin achieves an imaginative breakthrough that everyone should read -- SAMUEL MOYN, Professor of Law and History at Yale University
Reporting for the Guardian from the Calais refugee camp, Mohdin felt a jolt of recognition: she had once been a child refugee herself. From there she travels to Somalia, the country her parents fled, and back into her own past. * Guardian, The books to look out for in 2024 *
Powerful and evocative * Bookseller, Editor's Choice *

Aamna Mohdin is the Guardian’s first community affairs correspondent, reporting on the social, political and economic experiences of the UK’s diverse communities, with a particular focus on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Mohdin spent her early years in the Kakuma refugee camp, Saudi Arabia, Germany and the Netherlands, before arriving in the UK aged seven.

Mohdin is the winner of the British Journalism Award 2022 and her work has been shortlisted for the British Press Awards. She was previously a reporter at Quartz where she led the publication’s coverage of the European refugee crisis. She lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9781526652560
ISBN 10	1526652560
Title	Scattered
Author	Aamna Mohdin
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2024-06-06
Number of pages	320
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