--- product_id: 125489403 title: "The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You" price: "€ 3.56" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/125489403-the-ungrateful-refugee-what-immigrants-never-tell-you store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You **Price:** € 3.56 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You - **How much does it cost?** € 3.56 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/125489403-the-ungrateful-refugee-what-immigrants-never-tell-you) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description An Iranian refugee “confronts the issues that are key to the refugee experience,” drawing on her own—and others’—powerful stories (Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author). “A work of astonishing, insistent importance” that will make you rethink how we talk about the refugee crisis” ( Observer ) . Aged 8, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel–turned–refugee camp. Eventually she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement. In these pages, a couple fall in love over the phone, and women gather to prepare the noodles that remind them of home. A closeted queer man tries to make his case truthfully as he seeks asylum, and a translator attempts to help new arrivals present their stories to officials. Nayeri confronts notions like “the swarm,” and, on the other hand, “good” immigrants. She calls attention to the harmful way in which Western governments privilege certain dangers over others. With surprising and provocative questions, The Ungrateful Refugee challenges us to rethink how we talk about the refugee crisis. Review: Thought Provoking Read - I read this book after having read her brother Daniel's book "Everything Sad is Untrue". Her brother's book has many of the same elements of their personal story but is overall quite a different book. By the way, his book is excellent and I recommend it. I've bought a few extra copies to give away, liked it that much. I liked this book as well but for different reasons. She does a wonderful job of interweaving her story with the story of other refugees. In some ways it is entertaining as the stories are full of suspense, drama and often tragedy. But then you remember these are not fictional stories. These are things that really happened. So for me it was very sobering and along with her brother's book made me think more deeply on refugees. In some ways it changed my views and in others it deepened my current feelings (all in positive ways). It made me want to explore ways I could assist in a small way in the refugee community. The book opened my eyes and heart to other ways of thinking. Without knowing the author personally, so only going by her words in the book, I think we come at many topics from a very different point of you and may disagree on solutions to issues. While we'd agree that something needs to be done on a variety of topics we may disagree on the best course of action. But I got the sense that while she is someone who is passionate and holds some strong views, she is someone who is willing to listen and hear other points of view. Is willing to change her stance on something if she receives better information or is shown another vantage point. In this day and age when so many people refuse to listen, refuse to believe there is another way to look at something I find this refreshing. There are a few ideas put forth and viewpoints with which I disagree, but that's ok. Overall I really liked the book. Definitely recommend this book. Just be prepared to be challenged. But that's a good thing, as either you may change your view on a point or you may learn more about your current view and decide it is correct after being challenged. Either way, you'll be thinking. Review: "We had to relive that story again and again, to earn our place, to calm casual skeptics." - Dina Nayeri shares her experiences (and those of her mother and her brother) of being a refugee; first fleeing Iran, then finding temporary housing in Italy, the U.A.E. and finally being granted asylum in America. She combines her family’s experiences with those of other refugees that she met along the way. Nayeri’s book is a compelling read. Nayeri is blunt and to the point as she speaks of life as a refugee, the dangers, the struggles and the expectations of others to be a “good” refugee. Of particular interest are the refugee/asylum procedures in countries like the U.S. and how some dangers are ranked above others, "I thought of how my first retelling was in an asylum office in Italy: how merciless that with the sweat and dust of escape still on our brows, we had to turn our ordeal into a good, persuasive story or risk being sent back. Then, after asylum was secured, we had to relive that story again and again, to earn our place, to calm casual skeptics.” As to why and how some refugees are accepted and some are not Nayeri says: "Trust me, the Americans and the English, they like triumphant stories. They want to be a part of the stories. They want to find excellent people, luminaires, pluck them out of hell, knead them flawless. They want to congratulate themselves for something remarkable. Keep yourself undamaged.” Nayeri further points to the unproductive and harmful descriptions of refugees: "It is the language of disaster often used to describe incoming refugees—deluge or flood or swarm. These words are lies.” An eye opening book on the realities of life as a refugee and the challenges and expectations for those seeking and/or receiving asylum. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #449,277 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #23 in Public Policy Immigration #89 in Human Rights Law (Books) #96 in Emigration & Immigration | ## Images ![The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81es6t4Hc5L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thought Provoking Read *by B***R on February 4, 2023* I read this book after having read her brother Daniel's book "Everything Sad is Untrue". Her brother's book has many of the same elements of their personal story but is overall quite a different book. By the way, his book is excellent and I recommend it. I've bought a few extra copies to give away, liked it that much. I liked this book as well but for different reasons. She does a wonderful job of interweaving her story with the story of other refugees. In some ways it is entertaining as the stories are full of suspense, drama and often tragedy. But then you remember these are not fictional stories. These are things that really happened. So for me it was very sobering and along with her brother's book made me think more deeply on refugees. In some ways it changed my views and in others it deepened my current feelings (all in positive ways). It made me want to explore ways I could assist in a small way in the refugee community. The book opened my eyes and heart to other ways of thinking. Without knowing the author personally, so only going by her words in the book, I think we come at many topics from a very different point of you and may disagree on solutions to issues. While we'd agree that something needs to be done on a variety of topics we may disagree on the best course of action. But I got the sense that while she is someone who is passionate and holds some strong views, she is someone who is willing to listen and hear other points of view. Is willing to change her stance on something if she receives better information or is shown another vantage point. In this day and age when so many people refuse to listen, refuse to believe there is another way to look at something I find this refreshing. There are a few ideas put forth and viewpoints with which I disagree, but that's ok. Overall I really liked the book. Definitely recommend this book. Just be prepared to be challenged. But that's a good thing, as either you may change your view on a point or you may learn more about your current view and decide it is correct after being challenged. Either way, you'll be thinking. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "We had to relive that story again and again, to earn our place, to calm casual skeptics." *by #***R on December 3, 2021* Dina Nayeri shares her experiences (and those of her mother and her brother) of being a refugee; first fleeing Iran, then finding temporary housing in Italy, the U.A.E. and finally being granted asylum in America. She combines her family’s experiences with those of other refugees that she met along the way. Nayeri’s book is a compelling read. Nayeri is blunt and to the point as she speaks of life as a refugee, the dangers, the struggles and the expectations of others to be a “good” refugee. Of particular interest are the refugee/asylum procedures in countries like the U.S. and how some dangers are ranked above others, "I thought of how my first retelling was in an asylum office in Italy: how merciless that with the sweat and dust of escape still on our brows, we had to turn our ordeal into a good, persuasive story or risk being sent back. Then, after asylum was secured, we had to relive that story again and again, to earn our place, to calm casual skeptics.” As to why and how some refugees are accepted and some are not Nayeri says: "Trust me, the Americans and the English, they like triumphant stories. They want to be a part of the stories. They want to find excellent people, luminaires, pluck them out of hell, knead them flawless. They want to congratulate themselves for something remarkable. Keep yourself undamaged.” Nayeri further points to the unproductive and harmful descriptions of refugees: "It is the language of disaster often used to describe incoming refugees—deluge or flood or swarm. These words are lies.” An eye opening book on the realities of life as a refugee and the challenges and expectations for those seeking and/or receiving asylum. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Exception book! *by P***Y on January 11, 2026* Well written. I have a much deeper understanding of the refugee experience than ever before and far more compassion. 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