Accidental Sisters: Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream

by Alia Altikrity and Kimberly Meyer

With a foreword by Ilhan Omar, this breathtaking work of literary nonfiction reveals the power of solidarity for women facing the inadequacies of the US immigration system.

Accidental Sisters follows five refugee women in Houston, Texas, as they navigate a program for single mothers overseen by Alia Altikrity, a former refugee from Iraq. Grounded in the words of these women--Mina from Iraq, Mendy from Sudan, Sara and Zara from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520384679
• ISBN13: 9780520384675
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"