Behrouz Boochani

Nov 29, 2024 | msn.com | Behrouz Boochani

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Nov 29, 2024 | theguardian.com | Behrouz Boochani

As a refugee, when you seek asylum, you experience a complicated bureaucratic process that seems never-ending. This system is a labyrinth of violence where many refugees feel as though they have been sucked in or swallowed whole. Sometimes refugees may feel they have found an open door but soon they realise they have been brought back to the same room they were in years ago. The violence of this system has many faces and has swallowed years, decades, of their lives.

Sep 20, 2024 | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Behrouz Boochani

This is a story of two series of photographs. Both are by the Hazara photographer Barat Ali Batoor. Together, they have defined the past two decades of his life. The first is The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan, a photographic project that follows the story of young boys who dance for war lords, commanders and other powerful men in Afghanistan. These boys are often abducted or brought from poor parents and put to work as sex slaves. The series was first published in The Washington Post in 2012.

Aug 21, 2024 | mamamia.com.au | Jo Case |Behrouz Boochani

Like so many avid readers around the world, I was fascinated by the recent New York Times list of the Best Books of the 21st century, as voted by 503 authors, critics and book lovers. But like many Australians, I was disappointed to see no Australian books on the list. Even those authors who've made a splash in the US literary scene this century — Helen Garner, Gerald Murnane, Maria Tumarkin — didn’t get a guernsey. That’s where we come in.

Aug 19, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Behrouz Boochani

Recently, an international conference about camps and border studies was held at Graz University in Austria. I had a chance to participate and discuss Australia’s policy on asylum seekers and refugees. Throughout the conference, Australia was referenced constantly. Wherever I went, I heard of the nation’s banishment of refugees to Manus Island and Nauru cited as a cruel example of the detention industry.