Know Your Place
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
The story of a child refugee who faced her fears, found her home and accidentally made history
When she was just nine, Golriz Ghahraman and her parents were forced to flee their home in Iran. After a terrifying and uncertain journey, they landed in Auckland where they were able to seek asylum and - ultimately - create a new life.
In this open and intimate account, Ghahraman talks about making a home in Aotearoa New Zealand, her work as a human rights lawyer, her United Nations missions, and how she became the first refugee to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
Passionate and unflinching, Know Your Place is a story about breaking barriers, and the daily challenges of prejudice that shape the lives of women and minorities. At its heart, it's about overcoming fear, about family, and about finding a place to belong.
Customer Reviews
Excellent and moving memoir
This memoir really was well detailed profiling the history of a women refugee in New Zealand who became the first to be elected in parliament. I like it mostly because she is Iranian and she provided her immigration story from Iran to New Zealand and described the regime and history of her country. She also talked about the racism she faced in New Zealand as a person of color. I’m glad she became a successful human rights lawyer who studied at Oxford and worked in the United Nations. After reading @golriz Golriz’s memoir I have a deeper appreciation for the immigrant story, how people judge based on what the media feeds the narrative. I feel she’s like the female version of what Obama would be in a different country and different ethnicity. Great memoir and she’s only 40 years old! I feel politics is also a nice place to make policy changes that affect society. This book is really complementary to the book #Caste by Isabel Wilkerson...@isabelwilkerson where society norm wants certain group of people to remain in their place. Also on how to be an #antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk. #knowyourplace #newzealand #parliment #iran #persian