Download or read book Refugees in a Chess Game written by Medard Rwelamira and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1990 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the period 1967-1980s.
Download or read book Refugees in a Chess Game written by Charles David Smith and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A King in Hiding written by Fahim and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim arrived in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as illegal immigrants they spiralled downwards into homelessness and desperation. By a stroke of luck, Fahim was introduced to one of France’s top chess coaches, Xavier Parmentier, who tutored him and gave him a sense of purpose, his struggles on the chessboard mirroring both his victories and his crushing defeats in his battle for a normal life. Rising through local and national tournaments to be crowned France’s Under-12 Chess Champion in 2012, Fahim became a national sensation. In 2013 he went on to win the World Under-13 Student Championship. Told through the clear eyes of a child, Fahim’s tale is not only a moving account of the grim realities that underlie a supposedly caring society, but also a heartwarming testimony to a father’s determination, the kindness of strangers, and one small boy’s courageous will to succeed.
Download or read book The Refugee in America written by Frances Milton Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fear in Bongoland written by Marc Sommers and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But these young men nonetheless join migrants in "Bongoland" (meaning "Brainland") where, as the nickname suggests, only the shrewdest and most cunning can survive.".
Download or read book The Happiest Refugee written by Anh Do and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling, laugh-out-loud, reach for your hanky story of one of Australia's best-loved comedians.
Download or read book My Name is Tani written by Tani Adewumi and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For eight-year-old Tani Adewumi, growing up in Abuja, Nigeria, life is good. His father a prosperous businessman, is descended from a royal family. His mother's family owns a profitable printing press. Then what should have been a routine print job changed the family's fortunes forever. Threatened by Boko Haram terrorists, fearing capture or death, they're forced to make a desperate move -- across the ocean to New York City. Tani's father finds work as a dishwasher and Uber driver, while the family lives at a homeless shelter. Fleeing violence only to become trapped in poverty, their future looks bleak. The problem finds an unexpected solution when Tani joins his high-school's chess programme. Discovering a rare talent for the game, he quickly rises up the ranks to compete at the highest level. Once a pawn in a game his didn't understand, now Tani must seize the opportunity to save himself, and rescue his family.
Download or read book A Refugee in Switzerland written by Atther W. Qureshi and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jawad arrives in Switzerland, he has just the clothes on his back and a wallet with twenty Swiss Francs. He left his native Pakistan seeking more opportunity and a better life. Back home, he had finished his studies, but could not find steady employment to help support his family. Jawad believes he can find prosperity abroad. He faces several obstacles throughout his journey, and he is advised to seek shelter in Switzerland because of its relaxed asylum program. But Jawad discovers there is no recipe for immediate success in this foreign country. He must learn to adapt to Swiss customs and laws and be industrious in order to make a living and send money to support his family back home. Tempted by the high of drinking and partying, Jawad makes a string of bad decisions--until an accident forces him to take a closer look at his life. A coming-of-age novel, A Refugee in Switzerland provides a firsthand look at the challenges refugees face and the perseverance they must exercise to work for a better life.
Download or read book The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut written by Frederic Gregory Mather and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history, accompanied by documentary material and biographical sketches, of the American sympathizers who emigrated to Connecticut after the battle of Long island.
Download or read book Refugees the Trauma of Exile written by Diana Miserez-Willday and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains a collection of papers of a workshop on the psychological problems of refugees and asylum seekers, held at Vitznau, Switzerland in October 1987. The conference shed light on health problems which, if not addressed, may persist throughout the persons lifetime.
Download or read book U S Refugee Programs 1981 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design to Live written by Azra Aksamija and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of design to create a life worth living even in a refugee camp: designs, inventions, and artworks from the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan. This book shows how, even in the most difficult conditions--forced displacement, trauma, and struggle--design can help create a life worth living. Design to Live documents designs, inventions, and artworks created by Syrian refugees living in the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan. Through these ingenious and creative innovations--including the vertical garden, an arrangement necessitated by regulations that forbid planting in the ground; a front hall, fashioned to protect privacy; a baby swing made from recycled desks; and a chess set carved from a broomstick--refugees defy the material scarcity, unforgiving desert climate, and cultural isolation of the camp. Written in close collaboration with the residents of the camp, with text in both English and Arabic, Design to Live, reflects two perspectives on the camp: people living and working in Azraq and designers reflecting on humanitarian architecture within the broader field of socially engaged art and design. Architectural drawings, illustrations, photographs, narratives, and stories offer vivid testimony to the imaginative and artful ways that residents alter and reconstruct the standardized humanitarian design of the camp--and provide models that can be replicated elsewhere. The book is the product of a three-year project undertaken by MIT Future Heritage Lab, researchers and students with Syrian refugees at the Azraq Refugee Camp, CARE, Jordan, and the German-Jordanian University. Copublication with Future Heritage Lab, MIT
Download or read book Indochinese Refugees written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The refugee in America written by Frances Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African Families in a Global Context written by Göran Therborn and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 2004 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The family is one of the most important institutions of African societies. Where is it going today? How is it affected by global processes, cultural and political as well as economic? How does it compare with family developments in other parts of the world? These are questions which this book addresses. The contributors deal with the African family in a comparative global context, focusing on patriarchy, sexuality and marriage, and fertility; biological and social reproduction in Ghana under conditions of globalization and structural adjustment; Nigerian marriage relations under the impact of current conditions and; family changes in the North (Britain) from a family perspective of the South (South Africa).
Download or read book Globalization and the Southern African Economies written by Mats Lundahl and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 2004 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the place of Southern Africa in the globalized economy. Identifies the overall economic trends in the African continent and the responses, required and actual, to the impact of an increasingly interdependent world economy.
Download or read book My Name Is Tani and I Believe in Miracles written by Tanitoluwa Adewumi and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of sacrificing everything for family, living with nothing but hope, then sharing generously all they received to discover the greatest riches of all. Tani Adewumi didn’t know what Boko Haram was or why they had threatened his family. All he knew was that when his parents told the family was going to America, Tani thought it was the start of a great adventure rather than an escape. In truth, his family’s journey to the United States was nothing short of miraculous—and the miracles were just beginning. Tani’s father, Kayode, became a dishwasher and Uber driver while Tani’s mother, Oluwatoyin, cleaned buildings, while the family lived in a homeless shelter. Eight-year-old Tani jumped into his new life with courage and perseverance—and an unusual mind for chess. After joining the chess club in his public school, Tani practiced his game for hours in the evenings at the shelter. And less than a year after he learned to play, Tani won the New York State chess championship. A young boy with an aptitude for chess? Absolutely. But if you ask Tani Adewumi, he will tell you he believes in miracles and one happened to him and his family. This story will inspire, delight, and challenge you to believe, too.
