{"product_id":"i-dont-want-to-talk-about-home-a-migrants-search-for-belonging","title":"I Don't Want to Talk About Home : A migrant's search for belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I carry my troubled homeland within me; I hide it like a crime.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrowing up in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, Suad Aldarra felt stifled. The daughter of Syrian parents, she railed against the extreme strictures placed on women in Saudi society at the time and the rising prejudice her family faced as migrants. When the opportunity arose to study software engineering at Damascus University, she jumped at the chance to move to the city she loved for a degree of freedom she'd never known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut when the war started, everything changed. Suddenly Suad and her new husband Housam were thrown into a world of relentless pressure, desperately looking for a way out. Suad's degree in engineering was the saving grace that allowed her to travel to Ireland on a working visa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYet reaching safety came at a price. \u003cem\u003eI Don't Want to Talk About Home\u003c\/em\u003e is not a memoir about war and destruction. It's not about camps or boats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt's about the enduring love for a home that ceased to exist and how to build a life out of the rubble. With great warmth and insight, Suad writes about those left behind paper borders, the sacrifices made, and the parts of yourself you lose and find when integrating into a new world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suad Aldarra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43187665076481,"sku":"9781529177138","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-163.png?v=1692788791","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/i-dont-want-to-talk-about-home-a-migrants-search-for-belonging","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}