6/9/2023 0 Comments City of thorns by ben rawlence![]() Guled is a chancer who lives for football and his beloved Manchester United. The result is City of Thorns, a superb work that highlights the essential humanity of those faceless masses buffeted by events and desperately seeking salvation in one of the world’s most troubled spots. Visiting the camp three years ago, I met Ben Rawlence, a former Human Rights Watch researcher who spent the best part of five years patiently documenting life inside this teeming, sprawling and chaotic camp in north-eastern Kenya. They end up in Dadaab, the world’s biggest refugee camp, which is a place of abuse, brutality, hunger and fear – supposedly fed and protected by the United Nations. Guled and his wife, Maryam, are among the lives chronicled in this outstanding glimpse into the shattered and insecure lives of those on the frontline of the global migration crisis. ![]() ![]() These are the sort of reasons why millions of people end up as refugees. ![]()
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