‘The Five Stages of Moria’ by Elika Ansari

£12.99

Mahdi: An unaccompanied minor.
Maryam: An aid worker.
Abe: A young man in love.
Zarifa: A single mother.
Frishta: A young girl.

The voices of Moria Refugee Camp are unified in their grief. Homes, hope, and dignity are lost in amongst squalid living conditions and the omnipresent void where the illusion of salvation once lived.

Based on true stories, The Five Stages of Moria resurrects the largest refugee camp in Europe and bears witness to the monolithic trauma held within. In this blend of autobiography and fiction, the inhabitants of Moria not only grapple with the stages of grief, but also with the reality of a camp, and a world, in which they would otherwise be forgotten.

Mahdi: An unaccompanied minor.
Maryam: An aid worker.
Abe: A young man in love.
Zarifa: A single mother.
Frishta: A young girl.

The voices of Moria Refugee Camp are unified in their grief. Homes, hope, and dignity are lost in amongst squalid living conditions and the omnipresent void where the illusion of salvation once lived.

Based on true stories, The Five Stages of Moria resurrects the largest refugee camp in Europe and bears witness to the monolithic trauma held within. In this blend of autobiography and fiction, the inhabitants of Moria not only grapple with the stages of grief, but also with the reality of a camp, and a world, in which they would otherwise be forgotten.

Elika Ansari is a Humanitarian Worker, Writer, Yoga Instructor and the Founder of Little Lotus Learning Centre, a Centre that runs activities for refugee children in Greece. Elika has been working with refugees and asylum seekers in Greece for the past five years, and as such she has had the (mis)fortune of hearing many touching stories about hardship and perseverance, which she touches upon in her writing. She is currently working with refugee youth in London and continues to write books, particularly for children. Her debut Middlegrade fantasy novel about the effects of climate on small animals, Seacity Rising: A Tale of Unwatery Adventures, was published on 6 June 2019 by Black Rose Writing. The book was taught in school curriculums in the U.K. and was a finalist in the Indies Today Award 2019.

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