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The first book to tell the modern refugee crisis from a firsthand perspective, the lightless sky is an unforgettable chronicle of gulwali s yearlong odyssey from afghanistan to england, during which he. A gripping, inspiring, and eyeopening memoir of fortitude and survivalof a twelveyearold boys traumatic flight from afghanistan. An afghan refugee boys journey of escape to a new life gulwali passarlay on. An afghan refugee boys journey of escape to a new life in britain main by gulwali passarlay, nadene ghouri isbn. Passarlay, a former afghan refugee, detailed the difficult journey from afghanistan to europe that he took as an. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids. He had arrived here five years earlier as an afghan refugee, a traumatised. Nadene ghouri, august 2015 note on the authors gulwali passarlay.
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Brand new, exactly same isbn as listed, please double check isbn carefully before ordering. The lightless sky, an afghan refugee boys journey of escape to a new life uniteandinspire. The lightless sky audiobook gulwali passarlay audible. Thank you for bringing to bear a prophetic voice to those in power with regards to the refugee crisis. A twelveyearold refugees extraordinary journey across half the world 9780062443892. Buy the lightless sky by gulwali passarlay from waterstones today. An afghan refugee boys journey of escape to a new life in britain october 2016 when i fled to the uk, no one believed i was. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. An afghan refugee boys journey of escape to a new life passarlay, gulwali, ghouri, nadene on. Gulwali passarlay was sent away from afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the us army for hiding taliban fighters.
Gulwali passarlay had to convince officials that he was only a child when he arrived in the uk. A twelveyearold refugees harrowing escape from afghanistan and his extraordinary journey across half the world. I wish you every success, and i look forward to the day you sit as president of afghanistan. Gulwali passarlay, 21, the author of the lightless sky, in new york, january 14.
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