Last Day Before Exile

Stories of Resistance, Displacement and Finding Home

AvSelin Bucak

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

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Beskrivning

Behind every headline about exiled refugees, do we remember the human breaking point—when survival outweighs belonging? When stories of displacement reach us, they often arrive flattened into statistics: waves, flows, numbers too large to hold. The Last Day Before Exile restores depth and voice to those figures, returning the story of migration to the crisis moment when everything is still undecided. Across borders and continents—from the Gaza Strip, Pakistan, Morocco, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Ukraine—Selin Bucak follows writers, artists, and professionals as they confront the question that changes a life forever: stay, or leave. These are stories of fear and fracture, but also of reinvention and fragile hope. Bucak traces the hours before departure, when home is still tangible and exile not yet real. By centring lived experience over headlines, she invites readers to witness what displacement truly costs—and what it demands—when borders and war leave no neutral ground.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2027-01-28
Mått:111 x 178 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Inklings
Antal sidor:128
Förlag:Saraband
ISBN:9781916637344

Utforska kategorier

Essäer inom Skönlitteratur
Offentlig förvaltning inom Samhälle och politik
Migration inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Selin Bucak is a Turkish-British freelance journalist who has lived and worked in London and New York City and is currently based in Paris. She was previously the editor of Private Equity News at Dow Jones, and news editor of specialist B2B publication Citywire Wealth Manager, managing a team of reporters. She writes about topics from finance and sustainability to gender diversity and human rights issues in Turkey and she runs a weekly newsletter for women who want to learn more about finance and economics. She has a Master’s in Near and Middle Eastern Studies (SOAS, University of London), and an undergraduate degree from Pratt Institute, NYC.