Flight from Afghanistan: Tella's Story

Flight From Afghanistan is a harrowing account of a man's flight from his home country, the trauma of refugee camps, and the dangers he faces even when he reaches the sanctuary of the West. It is a story of courage, hopelessness, and resilience, and challenges world leaders and domestic warring factions to find a solution to the endless conflict.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 11 October 2021
Publisher: Whittles Publishing

  Flight From Afghanistan is a harrowing account of what drives a man to flee his home country in fear of his life, the trauma of refugee camps, and the dangers he faces even when he reaches the sanctuary of the West. Afghans are the second largest refugee group in the world. When confronted by certain death at the point of a gun, Tella Omeri, an uneducated boy from a peasant family, knew he had no alternative but to put his life in the hands of ruthless human traffickers, living on his wits and instincts. His 11-year flight, which began as a six-year-old child, is a story combining brutality with courage, hopelessness with resilience. The author asks for no pity, but in his short story, he seeks to explain the motivation behind his decisions and paints a radically different picture of life in a troubled region, challenging world leaders and domestic warring factions to find a solution to the endless conflict. While thousands of refugees flee conflict and danger every day, Flight from Afghanistan shines a powerful light on what it actually means to undertake such a journey and gives a voice to the often forgotten silent victims of the long-running wars in the author's home country. Afghan refugees represent one of the world's largest protracted refugee populations. Over the past four decades, many have been forced from their homes to never see them again. Some were able to return, for a while, but had their lives upended by a free.

Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781849954341