'In clear and utterly compelling English, this moving memoir tells
the story of the agony, and the ecstasy, of one refugee - and of
every refugee. A must read for anyone interested in the triumph of
Afghanistan's spirit over its seemingly endless suffering'. Sir
Sherard Cowper-Coles, British Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2007-2010
Flight From Afghanistan is a harrowing account of what drives a man
to flee his home country in fear of his life, the trauma of refugee
camps and the dangers he faces even when he reaches the sanctuary
of the West. Afghans are the second largest refugee group in the
world. When confronted by certain death at the point of a gun,
Tella Omeri, an uneducated boy from a peasant family knew he had no
alternative but to put his life in the hands of ruthless human
traffickers, living on his wits and instincts. His 11-year flight,
which began as a six-year- old child, is a story combining
brutality with courage, hopelessness with resilience. The author
asks for no pity, but in his short story he seeks to explain the
motivation behind his decisions and paints a radically different
picture of life in a troubled region, challenging world leaders and
domestic warring factions to find a solution to the endless
conflict. While thousands of refugees flee conflict and danger
every day, Flight from Afghanistan shines a powerful light on what
it actually means to undertake such a journey, and gives a voice to
the often forgotten silent victims of the long running wars in the
author's home country. * 'Afghan refugees represent one of the
world's largest protracted refugee populations. Over the past four
decades, many have been forced from their homes to never see them
again. Some were able to return, for a while, but had their lives
upended by a fresh eruption of conflict and violence - either to be
displaced elsewhere in the country, or to become refugees yet
again'. Amnesty International * 'Afghanistan is the world's least
peaceful country'. Institute for Peace and Economics, June 2019
Tella Omeri now lives in the UK as a British Citizen with his wife
and children.
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