✈️ Diaspora Memoir

First-person accounts of lives lived between cultures, tracing the emotional geography of migration through family history and personal memory. These memoirs illuminate what it means to inherit a homeland you may barely know.

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

5k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Lipstick Jihad 92%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

The Latehomecomer

by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

4.18

9k+

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The Latehomecomer 92%

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

by Kao Kalia Yang 2008

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

From Miniskirt to Hijab

by Jacqueline Saper • 2019

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

4.16

667

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

From Miniskirt to Hijab 92%

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

by Jacqueline Saper 2019

4.16

667 ratings

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

Laughing Without an Accent

by Firoozeh Dumas • 2008

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

3.81

4k+

🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor

Laughing Without an Accent 92%

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

by Firoozeh Dumas 2008

3.81

4k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor

Call Me American

by Abdi Nor Iftin • 2018

America, glimpsed via Rambo, cost him a decade of war, a refugee camp, and a lottery.

4.52

5k+

🇸🇴 Somali Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏕️ Refugee Experience

Call Me American 91%

America, glimpsed via Rambo, cost him a decade of war, a refugee camp, and a lottery.

by Abdi Nor Iftin 2018

4.52

5k+ ratings

🇸🇴 Somali Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏕️ Refugee Experience

Funny in Farsi

by Firoozeh Dumas • 2003

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

3.84

28k+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock

Funny in Farsi 91%

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

by Firoozeh Dumas 2003

3.84

28k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock

Americanized

by Sara Saedi • 2018

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

3.91

3k+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

Americanized 91%

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

by Sara Saedi 2018

3.91

3k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

Persian Girls

by Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

3.92

4k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

Persian Girls 91%

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

by Nahid Rachlin 2006

3.92

4k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

There Was and There Was Not

by Meline Toumani • 2014

An Armenian American moves to Turkey to hate the enemy up close. Istanbul shatters her instead.

4.08

590

💔 Armenian Diaspora 🔇 Genocide Denial 🤝 Turkish Armenian Relations

There Was and There Was Not 91%

An Armenian American moves to Turkey to hate the enemy up close. Istanbul shatters her instead.

by Meline Toumani 2014

4.08

590 ratings

💔 Armenian Diaspora 🔇 Genocide Denial 🤝 Turkish Armenian Relations

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 91%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

20k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

We Have Always Been Here 91%

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019

4.16

20k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

We Were Dreamers

by Simu Liu • 2022

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

4.33

31k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations

We Were Dreamers 91%

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

by Simu Liu 2022

4.33

31k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations

American Like Me

by America Ferrera • 2018

Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.

4.32

6k+

🧩 Hyphenated Identity 🌐 Diaspora 👥 Double Consciousness

American Like Me 91%

Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.

by America Ferrera 2018

4.32

6k+ ratings

🧩 Hyphenated Identity 🌐 Diaspora 👥 Double Consciousness

In the Sea There are Crocodiles

by Fabio Geda • 2010

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

4.01

15k+

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

In the Sea There are Crocodiles 90%

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

by Fabio Geda 2010

4.01

15k+ ratings

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

The Story of a Life

by Aharon Appelfeld • 1983

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

3.89

921

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

The Story of a Life 90%

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

by Aharon Appelfeld 1983

3.89

921 ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

Daughter of Persia

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian • 1992

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

4.13

2k+

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women'S Stories

Daughter of Persia 90%

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian 1992

4.13

2k+ ratings

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women'S Stories

This American Woman

by Zarna Garg • 2025

From homeless teenager in Mumbai to stand-up comedian in America: a life built on saying no.

4.32

17k+

🕌 Indian Diaspora 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💍 Arranged Marriage

This American Woman 90%

From homeless teenager in Mumbai to stand-up comedian in America: a life built on saying no.

by Zarna Garg 2025

4.32

17k+ ratings

🕌 Indian Diaspora 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💍 Arranged Marriage

The Other Side of Israel

by Susan Nathan • 2005

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

4.08

274

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening

The Other Side of Israel 90%

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

by Susan Nathan 2005

4.08

274 ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening

House of Sticks

by Ly Tran • 2021

From a refugee camp to sweatshops to Columbia: a daughter fights to claim her own story.

4.37

5k+

🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

House of Sticks 90%

From a refugee camp to sweatshops to Columbia: a daughter fights to claim her own story.

by Ly Tran 2021

4.37

5k+ ratings

🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

My Invented Country

by Isabel Allende • 2003

When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.

3.89

13k+

🏞️ Travel Memoir 🛅 Exile Memoir 🇨🇱 Chilean Culture

My Invented Country 90%

When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.

by Isabel Allende 2003

3.89

13k+ ratings

🏞️ Travel Memoir 🛅 Exile Memoir 🇨🇱 Chilean Culture

Solito

by Javier Zamora • 2022

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

4.48

81k+

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing

Solito 90%

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

by Javier Zamora 2022

4.48

81k+ ratings

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing

The Pianist from Syria

by Aeham Ahmad • 2017

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

4.27

2k+

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance

The Pianist from Syria 90%

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

by Aeham Ahmad 2017

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance

In the Land of Invisible Women

by Qanta A. Ahmed • 2008

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

3.74

8k+

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation

In the Land of Invisible Women 90%

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008

3.74

8k+ ratings

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking

by Anya von Bremzen • 2013

Three generations, one collapsing empire, and the dishes that defined them: a Soviet family memoir.

4.03

5k+

🍽️ Food Memoir 🥟 Soviet Cuisine 📖 Culinary History

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking Summary

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking 90%

Three generations, one collapsing empire, and the dishes that defined them: a Soviet family memoir.

by Anya von Bremzen 2013

4.03

5k+ ratings

🍽️ Food Memoir 🥟 Soviet Cuisine 📖 Culinary History

Catfish and Mandala

by Andrew X. Pham • 1999

After his sister's suicide, a Vietnamese American cycles home to Vietnam, searching for belonging.

3.99

7k+

🧳 Refugee Memoir 🚲 Bicycle Journey 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora

Catfish and Mandala 90%

After his sister's suicide, a Vietnamese American cycles home to Vietnam, searching for belonging.

by Andrew X. Pham 1999

3.99

7k+ ratings

🧳 Refugee Memoir 🚲 Bicycle Journey 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Drone Eats with Me 90%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Upstairs Wife

by Rafia Zakaria • 2015

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

3.78

1k+

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir

The Upstairs Wife 90%

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

by Rafia Zakaria 2015

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir

Prisoner

by Jason Rezaian • 2019

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

3.88

2k+

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement

Prisoner 90%

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

by Jason Rezaian 2019

3.88

2k+ ratings

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement

Orphan Bachelors

by Fae Myenne Ng • 2023

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

3.91

238

🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Orphan Bachelors 90%

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

by Fae Myenne Ng 2023

3.91

238 ratings

🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

The Happiest Refugee

by Anh Do • 2010

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

4.25

18k+

🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience

The Happiest Refugee 90%

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

by Anh Do 2010

4.25

18k+ ratings

🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience

Unfinished

by Priyanka Chopra Jonas • 2021

A brother's secret entry, a Miss World crown, and a barrier-breaking career across two continents.

3.68

11k+

🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🌟 Hollywood Breakthrough 🌏 Cultural Duality

Unfinished 89%

A brother's secret entry, a Miss World crown, and a barrier-breaking career across two continents.

by Priyanka Chopra Jonas 2021

3.68

11k+ ratings

🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🌟 Hollywood Breakthrough 🌏 Cultural Duality

Love Language

by Linda Marigliano • 2023

She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.

3.97

677

👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families 🎵 Music Memoirs 🍝 Food Memoirs

Love Language 89%

She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.

by Linda Marigliano 2023

3.97

677 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families 🎵 Music Memoirs 🍝 Food Memoirs

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

by Scaachi Koul • 2017

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

3.72

14k+

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter Summary

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter 89%

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

by Scaachi Koul 2017

3.72

14k+ ratings

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism

Black American Refugee

by Tiffanie Drayton • 2022

America showers Black immigrants with hope, then yanks it back. One woman's escape.

4.03

331

🧳 Black Immigrant Experience 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora ⛓️ Systemic Racism

Black American Refugee 89%

America showers Black immigrants with hope, then yanks it back. One woman's escape.

by Tiffanie Drayton 2022

4.03

331 ratings

🧳 Black Immigrant Experience 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora ⛓️ Systemic Racism

Kabul Beauty School

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

26k+

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

Kabul Beauty School 89%

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2007

3.67

26k+ ratings

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

Red Paint

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

4.12

3k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Red Paint 89%

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022

4.12

3k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Yes, Chef

by Marcus Samuelsson • 2012

Ethiopian orphan, Swedish upbringing, New York three-star chef at 24: a life built on lost names.

3.86

19k+

🍳 Chef Memoirs 🧒 Adoption Stories 🌍 Cultural Identity

Yes, Chef 89%

Ethiopian orphan, Swedish upbringing, New York three-star chef at 24: a life built on lost names.

by Marcus Samuelsson 2012

3.86

19k+ ratings

🍳 Chef Memoirs 🧒 Adoption Stories 🌍 Cultural Identity

Mother Mary Comes to Me

by Arundhati Roy • 2025

She fled her mother at eighteen with a knife. The woman who survived became the writer.

4.38

32k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🇮🇳 Indian Memoir

Mother Mary Comes to Me 89%

She fled her mother at eighteen with a knife. The woman who survived became the writer.

by Arundhati Roy 2025

4.38

32k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🇮🇳 Indian Memoir

First They Killed My Father

by Loung Ung • 2000

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

4.36

55k+

💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor

First They Killed My Father 89%

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

by Loung Ung 2000

4.36

55k+ ratings

💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor

Never Stop Walking

by Christina Rickardsson • 2016

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

3.98

10k+

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma

Never Stop Walking 89%

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

by Christina Rickardsson 2016

3.98

10k+ ratings

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma

I Shall Not Hate

by Izzeldin Abuelaish • 2010

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

4.32

8k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

I Shall Not Hate 89%

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

by Izzeldin Abuelaish 2010

4.32

8k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Heart of a Stranger

by Angela Buchdahl • 2025

Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.

4.62

4k+

🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir 🕊️ Interfaith Families 🟤 Jews Of Color

Heart of a Stranger 89%

Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.

by Angela Buchdahl 2025

4.62

4k+ ratings

🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir 🕊️ Interfaith Families 🟤 Jews Of Color

Nowhere Girl

by Cheryl Diamond • 2021

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

4.04

9k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma

Nowhere Girl 89%

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

by Cheryl Diamond 2021

4.04

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma

Discover Your True North

by Bill George • 2015

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

3.9

1k+

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women

Discover Your True North 89%

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

by Bill George 2015

3.9

1k+ ratings

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women

The Road to Mecca

by Muhammad Asad • 1954

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

4.49

6k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

The Road to Mecca 89%

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

by Muhammad Asad 1954

4.49

6k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

Don’t Come Back

by Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas • 2017

A nurse smuggles her mother's corpse across Colombia. Every family legend here is a survival story.

4.14

🇨🇴 Colombian History ✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🧬 Generational Trauma

Don’t Come Back 89%

A nurse smuggles her mother's corpse across Colombia. Every family legend here is a survival story.

by Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas 2017

4.14

73 ratings

🇨🇴 Colombian History ✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🧬 Generational Trauma

Wave

by Sonali Deraniyagala • 2013

A tsunami erased her family in minutes. Surviving it was only the first impossible thing.

3.80

23k+

🌊 Natural Disasters 🕊️ Bereavement And Loss 💔 Survivor'S Guilt

Wave 89%

A tsunami erased her family in minutes. Surviving it was only the first impossible thing.

by Sonali Deraniyagala 2013

3.80

23k+ ratings

🌊 Natural Disasters 🕊️ Bereavement And Loss 💔 Survivor'S Guilt

1001 Nights in Iraq

by Shant Kenderian • 2005

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

3.93

146

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

1001 Nights in Iraq 89%

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

by Shant Kenderian 2005

3.93

146 ratings

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

The Return

by Hisham Matar • 2016

Decades after Qaddafi made his father disappear, a son returns to Libya seeking answers.

4.16

16k+

🇱🇾 Libyan History 🔍 Forced Disappearance 🏠 Exile And Belonging

The Return 89%

Decades after Qaddafi made his father disappear, a son returns to Libya seeking answers.

by Hisham Matar 2016

4.16

16k+ ratings

🇱🇾 Libyan History 🔍 Forced Disappearance 🏠 Exile And Belonging

Fashion Is Freedom

by Tala Raassi • 2016

Punished for a miniskirt in Tehran, she launched a swimwear line anyway.

3.49

142

🪡 Fashion Entrepreneurship 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora

Fashion Is Freedom 89%

Punished for a miniskirt in Tehran, she launched a swimwear line anyway.

by Tala Raassi 2016

3.49

142 ratings

🪡 Fashion Entrepreneurship 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora

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