New Londoners: Reflections on Home
Multiple contributors
New Londoners: Reflections on Home is a collection of photographs and stories by young refugees who have been mentored by a selection of London's most established and up and coming photographers. Through the work we glimpse a side of London little seen and understood, from the point of view of some of the city’s newest arrivals. It reflects on their experiences of home: both the place they have left and the place where they have arrived.
Publisher: Photo Voice
Countries: Multiple countries and UK
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The Complete Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
A graphic novel based on Satrapi’s childhood growing up in Iran during the reign of Ayatollah Khomeini. Recently made into a motion picture, the story tells of her liberal family and their adjustment to life under the new fundamentalist regime.
Publisher: Pantheon Books (2007)
Country: Iran
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In Hope and Despair: Life in the Palestinian Refugee Camps
Mia Grandahl
A collection of photos taken in Palestinian refugee camps based in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the occupied territories. Through the medium of art, this anthology draws attention to one of the most important political problems in the world today. A beautiful series of intimate photos depicting the struggles so many have to face.
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press (2003)
Countries: Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan
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Refugee Voices
Association of Jewish Refugees
A collection of 150 filmed interviews with former refugees from Nazism who rebuilt their lives in Britain after the Second World War.
The project consists of more than 450 hours of film, fully transcribed and time coded and forms a very valuable resource for academics, researchers and others with a professional interest in the fields of Holocaust, immigration, refugee and asylum studies. Each interview is accompanied by still shots of photos of family members and friends, places of importance for the interviewee and of other items or documents of special significance in the interviewee’s life. As well as featuring episodes about their escape and survival, the interviewees also talk about how they reconstructed their lives and the contribution they made to Britain.
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