Refugee Week 2024 — Finding Freedom: Family

In a world marked by displacement and the search for refuge, this year’s Refugee Week theme 'Finding Freedom' – with a focus on family – encapsulates the profound journey of resilience, strength, and unity that defines the refugee experience. This Refugee Week (16-22 June), we aim to shed light on the transformative power of familial bonds as well as chosen bonds in the face of adversity and emphasise the crucial role families play in providing solace, support, and a sense of belonging to those forced to flee their homelands.

Updated May 20, 2024
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Freedom, only freedom : the prison writings of Behrouz Boochani
Boochani, Behrouz
Paper Book
Over six years of imprisonment in Australia's offshore migrant detention centre, the Kurdish-Iranian journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani bore personal witness to the suffering and degradation inflicted on him and his fellow refugees, culminating eventually in his prize-winning book - No Friend...
In my mother's footsteps : a Palestinian refugee returns home
Halaby, Mona
Paper Book
'Beautiful. Poignant. Phenomenal...I cried and I smiled...Truly a gem.' Goodreads reviewer A moving and heartbreaking journey of a daughter discovering her Palestinian roots and recovering her mother's beloved past. Perfect for fans of The Bookseller of Kabul...
Run For Your Life: ; The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets
Williams, Sue.
Paper Book
The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets What started out as a great adventure turned into a terrifying nightmare when Nick Stride and his family were forced to flee for their lives from one of the richest, most powerful...
Unknown : a refugee's story
Anyieth, Akuch Kuol
Paper Book
A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting story about a young girl's escape, with her family, from war-torn South Sudan to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, and then to Australia. In 1996, when Akuch Kuol Anyieth is five, her mother flees to Kakuma with her children, intent on finding...
Refugee stories : in their own words
Nowell, Laurie
Paper Book
The world is facing the largest human displacement crisis in history with more than 68 million people forced to leave their homes because of violence, conflict or persecution. Each year Australia accepts around 18,000 refugees through the United Nation's humanitarian settlement programs. Many of the...
The ungrateful refugee
Nayeri, Dina
Paper Book
A timely, provocative and personal examination of the refugee experience.
My name is Tani : one boy's journey from refugee to chess champion : a true story
Adewumi, Tani
Paper Book
My Name is Tani: The Amazing True Story of One Boy's Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion  The story that is inspiring everyone! Soon to be a Paramount motion picture. Draw deep into the dramatic account of escape from terrorism. Tani Adewumi's story...
The pianist of Yarmouk
Ahmad, Aeham
Paper Book
One morning on the outskirts of Damascus, two starving friends are walking through their desolate city and come across a familiar street that has been turned to rubble, concrete bridges towering above them like tombs and houses turned inside out. Aeham turns to the only comfort he has left and sits...
They cannot take the sky : stories from detention
Neville, Angelica
Paper Book
Revealing, moving and confronting accounts of the reality of life in mandatory detention by those who've experienced it.
Father of the lost boys
Alaak, Yuot A
Paper Book
Once there was a man who rescued 20,000 boys from almost certain death. That man was my father. One of those boys was me. This is our story. During the Second Sudanese Civil War, thousands of boys were displaced or orphaned. In 1989, Mecak Ajang Alaak led the Lost Boys on a four...
We are displaced : my journey and stories from refugee girls around the world
Yousafzai, Malala
Paper Book
Across Mountains, Land and Sea: ; One Boy's Extraordinary Journey
Azadi, Arman.
Paper Book
Arman is just a boy when he is forced to leave his home and embark on the most extraordinary journey. Separated from family and friends, he travels across mountains, land and sea to find refuge. After encountering bandits, war and wolves, and surviving a hazardous boat crossing, he arrives at...
Nujeen : one girl's incredible journey from war-torn Syria in a wheelchair
Mustafa, Nujeen
Paper Book
'She is our hero. Everyone must read her story. She will inspire you' Malala Yousafzai An inspiring tale of a young disabled girl and her escape from the hell of war. Nujeen Mustafa has cerebral palsy. This did not stop her travelling, with her sister, 4000...
Freeing my family : one Uyghur man's epic battle to save his wife and son and bring them to Australia
Abdusalam, Sadam
Paper Book
The remarkable true story of a father who moved heaven and earth to help his wife and son escape Chinese persecution and bring them to safety in Australia.
Lucky ones, the
Ham, Melinda
Paper Book
The happiest refugee : the extraordinary true story of a boy's journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia's best-loved comedians
Do, Anh
Paper Book
The laugh-out-loud, reach-for-your-hanky story of one of Australia's best-loved comedians.
The crappiest refugee
Le, Hung
Paper Book
No friend but the mountains : writing from Manus prison
Boochani, Behrouz
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE VICTORIAN PREMIER''S LITERARY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND FOR NON-FICTION 2019 Where have I come from? From the land of rivers, the land of waterfalls, the land of ancient chants, the land of mountains... In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island....
My road from Damascus : a memoir
Saeed, Jamal
Paper Book
Saeed chronicles modern Syria from the 50s up to his escape to Canada in 2016, recounting its descent from a country of potential to a pawn of cynical and corrupt powers. It paints a picture of village life, his rebellion as a young Marxist and evolution into a free thinker, living in hiding as a...
A small town in Ukraine : the place we came from, the place we went back to
Wasserstein, Bernard
Paper Book
'A fine and deeply affecting work of history and memoir' Philippe Sands Decades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated: Krakowiec (Krah-KOV-yets). In this book he...
The power of hope
Karapanagiotidis, Kon
Paper Book
A powerful, inspiring memoir from Kon Karapanagiotidis, founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, which argues that by putting community, love and compassion at the centre of our lives, we have the power to change our world. 'I hope you take from this book the message that we all...
Bhutan to Blacktown : losing everything and finding Australia
Dhungel, Om
Paper Book
I lost my possessions, my salary, my status, my career, my country. And in that fall, I gained everything. Bhutan is known as the land of Gross National Happiness, a Buddhist Shangri-La hidden in the Himalayas. But in the late 1980s, Bhutan waged a brutal ethnic-cleansing...

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