Cactus Book Club: “The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You” by Dina Nayeri
Join us Wednesday, November 5th for our next Cactus Book Club. This month’s featured organization, Hanan Refugees Relief Group, will lead the discussion on The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina Nayeri. “Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned-refugee camp. Eventually she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement.”
Recommended bookseller: Lion’s Tooth
Hanan Refugees Relief Group’s “mission is to provide compassionate long and short-term solutions for refugees and other vulnerable populations. We mobilize resources for long-term health, education and economic development to help refugees become contributing members of their new communities, as well as to return the dignity they need to strengthen themselves and their families. Hanan RRG serves people of all backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, religions and orientations.”
ABOUT US: Cactus Book Club (CBC) meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30 in the venue room at Cactus Club. Each month a different business, community organization, collective, or mutual aid group chooses the book & recommended bookseller then leads the discussion. We read sociopolitical fiction and non-fiction, with a focus on works by women, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and/or otherwise under-published groups. You don’t have to finish reading the book to attend. All book club meetings are free. No registration required. 18+. CBC is part of our ongoing Cactus+ programming. Contact: kelly@cactusplus.org with questions.