Event: Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West (12/11/05)
Who: Behzad Yahgmaian.
Where: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th Street, New York NY.
When: Sunday, December 11, 11:30 a.m.
What: In this book, described by Kirkus as "an El Norte or Grapes of Wrath for the Muslim world," Iranian-American political economist Behzad Yahgmaian describes the often shocking journeys of Muslim migrants, highlighting a growing global humanitarian crisis.
Millions of migrants cross international borders without authorization each year only to find themselves in a state of limbo, unwanted where they have arrived and unable to return to their homes. Yahgmaian spent two years traveling with these men and women, visiting their transit camps and safe houses, meeting them in police custody, and collecting their stories. He demonstrates that while border control is a winning issue for Western politicians, more open immigration policies would benefit not only migrants wishing to resettle but also their host and home countries.
Where: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th Street, New York NY.
When: Sunday, December 11, 11:30 a.m.
What: In this book, described by Kirkus as "an El Norte or Grapes of Wrath for the Muslim world," Iranian-American political economist Behzad Yahgmaian describes the often shocking journeys of Muslim migrants, highlighting a growing global humanitarian crisis.
Millions of migrants cross international borders without authorization each year only to find themselves in a state of limbo, unwanted where they have arrived and unable to return to their homes. Yahgmaian spent two years traveling with these men and women, visiting their transit camps and safe houses, meeting them in police custody, and collecting their stories. He demonstrates that while border control is a winning issue for Western politicians, more open immigration policies would benefit not only migrants wishing to resettle but also their host and home countries.
