Never Arrive af Farah Abdullahi Abdi (Bog)

NeverArrive’ tells the story of Farah Abdullahi Abdi who was forced to flee Kenya because of persecution and stigma associated with sexual orientation.

The author is a young Somali refugee who came to Malta without family at only 16 years of age. The book is based on this journey, not only physical but also mental and emotional. It is a story about a person’s dreams and aspirations and the challenges of crossing borders and hardships in search of the future one deserves.

It is a story of self- acceptance and the will to risk it all for freedom. The often dangerous, brutal and terrifying eventsthat most asylum seekers experience are vividly portrayed in Never Arrive’.

Never Arrive is the journey of a Somali youngster who, at 16 years of age, leaves his familiar, yet oppressive, surroundings in search of a culture that tolerates his sexuality and passions. It is a first- hand chronicle of what it means for a male minor to cross half the African continent, including the vast Sahara Desert; then, risking everything at sea and finally reaching Malta after the third attempt.

Fast, honest, heart-breaking... This story is about the heartless smuggling of human beings, oppression and abuse, but also about dreams, growth and, most of all, freedom. This is Farah's story.

Farah Abdullahi Abdi (b. 1995) is a Somali refugee, blogger, human-rights activist and author. He migrated to Malta from Kenya in 2012. In 2015 he was awarded the International Bremen Peace Award by the German NGO Stiftung die schwelle.

Titel: Never Arrive

Forfatter: Farah Abdullahi Abdi

Udgivelsesår: 2015

Sider: 198

Sprog: Engelsk

diskrimination flygtninge migration