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No friends but the mountains" (Kurdish: Ji çiyan pê ve tu heval nînin; Sorani Kurdish: ھیچ دۆستێک جگە لە چیاکان) is a Kurdish proverb which is expressed to signify their feeling of betrayal, abandonment and loneliness due to their history as a semi-stateless ethnic minority in the Middle East without faithful allies.
No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison is an autobiographical account of Behrouz Boochani's perilous journey to Christmas Island and his subsequent incarceration in an Australian government immigration detention facility on Manus Island.
- Behrouz Boochani
- 2018
Jan 1, 2018 · No Friend But the Mountains is an astonishing first-hand account of the national disgrace that is Australia’s recent treatment of asylum seekers on Christmas Island, Manus Island and Nauru. A powerful, eye-opening and unforgettable book.
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Feb 11, 2019 · Winner of Australia’s richest literary award, No Friend but the Mountains is Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani’s account of his detainment on Australia’s...
Jun 4, 2019 · No Friend but the Mountains deserves a place beside some of the world’s most famous prison narratives and testaments about living in a time of genocide, slavery, and state-sponsored oppression.
- Behrouz Boochani
- $14.29
- Anansi International
No Friend But The Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison. Behrouz Boochani; trans., Omid Tofighian. Picador, $32.99. During my lifetime no act of the Australian state has been as terrible as the abandonment, the virtual indefinite imprisonment, of 2000 innocent and desperate refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island.
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May 2, 2019 · The Award-winning International Bestselling Story of One Man's Six Year Detention in Australia ‘A powerfully vivid account of the experiences of a refugee:...
