![]() ![]() ![]() But after washing ashore on an unnamed island’s beach as the only survivor, Amir soon learns that this is no adventure but rather a matter of survival. ![]() Many refugees fail to reach the next shore, becoming victims of dangerous waters or border patrols who turn them away.įor Amir Utu, a 9-year-old Syrian boy in Omar El Akkad’s riveting second novel, What Strange Paradise, the voyage is at first a grand adventure, like in the comic books he reads. Amid food insecurity, oppression and injustice, the global refugee crisis shows no signs of slowing, as migrants dare to cross dangerous seas on overcrowded ferries, fishing trawlers or other vessels in hopes of finding a better life. According to the UN Refugee Agency, there were more than 26 million refugees worldwide at the end of 2019. ![]()
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