Love across borders : passports, papers, and romance in a divided world / Anna Lekas Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lekas Miller, Anna, 1990- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security--Case studies.

Border security.

Love--Political aspects.

Love.

International travel regulations.

Passports--Political aspects.

Passports.

Statelessness.

Xenophobia.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

243 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023.

Summary:

"Love Across Borders takes readers through contentious frontiers around the world to reveal the widespread prejudicial laws intent on dividing us. Anna Lekas Miller tells her own gripping story of meeting Salem Rizk in Istanbul, where they were reporting on the Syrian civil war. But when Turkey started cracking down on refugees, Salem, who is Syrian, wasn't allowed to stay there, nor could he safely return to Syria. In this look at the global immigration crisis, Lekas Miller interweaves love stories similar to her own with a study of the history of passports, the legacy of colonialism, and the discriminatory laws shaping how people move through the world every day"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: An Indecent Proposal

Be Brave

Penguins and Birds

Your Relationship or Your Country?

A Mouse

No Border Can Get in the Way of Your Love

Finding Light in the Darkness

No Country to Call Home

The Gift of Wings

Migrant or Refugee?

"The American Refugee"

A Hostile Environment

I Married a Refugee for Papers

The Green Card Marriage

Breaking Borders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Arab American Book Award - The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award, Winner, 2024

ISBN:

9781643752334

1643752332

OCLC:

1348378209