What we remember will be saved : a story of refugees and the things they carry / Stephanie Saldaña.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saldaña, Stephanie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Iraq.

Refugees.

Refugees--Syria.

Personal belongings.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : Broadleaf Books, 2023.

Summary:

Eggplant seeds, a lullaby in a vanishing language, an embroidered dress. When people flee their homes, the things they save speak of beauty and suffering and the indomitable human spirit. In an era of mass migration in which more than 100 million people are displaced comes this lyrical portrait of Syrian and Iraqi refugees and the belongings they carry. What We Remember Will Be Saved is a book of hope, home, and the stories we hold within us when everything else has been lost.Journalist and scholar Stephanie Saldaña, who lived in Syria before the war, sets out on a journey across nine countries to meet refugees and learn what they salvaged from the ruins when they escaped. Now, in the narratives of six extraordinary women and men, from Mt. Sinjar to Aleppo to Lesvos to Amsterdam, we discover that the little things matter a great deal. Saldaña introduces us to a woman who saved her city in a dress, a musician who saved his stories in songs, and a couple who rebuilt their destroyed pharmacy even as the city around them fell apart. Together they provide a window into a religiously diverse corner of the Middle East on the edge of unraveling, and the people keeping it alive with their stories. Born of years of friendship and reporting, What We Remember Will Be Saved is a breathtaking, elegiac odyssey into the heart of the largest refugee crisis in modern history. It reminds us that refugees are storytellers and speakers of vanishing languages, and of how much history can be distilled into a piece of fabric, or eggplant seeds. What we salvage tells our story. What we remember will be saved.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Map of The Journeys

Author's Note

Prologue

Part I. Hana's Dress

1. A Town Named Blackbird

2. Hymnals

3. The Map of A World

4. The Archivist of Paris

5. A Sewing Machine

6. A Song At The End of The World

7. Red Bulgur

8. The Road To Qaraqosh

Part II. Ferhad's Song

9. Looking For A Buzuq

10. A Field of Ashes

11. Microtones

12. The Spanish Phrase Book

13. A Drop of Water

Part III. Munir's Light

14. A Haircut

15. A Candle

16. The Small Kindness

Part IV. Ghadir And Adnan's Pharmacy

17. The Shadow Wall

18. Qadr

19. Morning Prayers

20. The Garage

21. The Eyes of Creation

22. Holding The Keys

Part V Qassem's Family

23. The Storyteller

24. A House of Clay

25. Adjusting To The Darkness

26. The Photo Album

27. A Drink of Water

28. A Story Beneath A Tree

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Notes.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Saldaña, Stephanie What We Remember Will Be Saved

ISBN:

9781506484228 (e-book)

9781506484211 (hbk.)

1-5064-8422-0

OCLC:

1396699431