Scattered by Aamna Mohdin: A Riveting Journey of Survival
A journalist's deep dive into her family's tumultuous odyssey from Somalia is both surprisingly raw and candidAamna Mohdin. Photograph: Alice Zoo/The GuardianIn her debut book, Guardian scribe Aamna Mohdin unravels her Somali clan's refugee saga across Kenya, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, and Britain, confronting manifold identities along the way. Resting in a hotel post-visit to the Kenyan beach where her pregnant mother landed after fleeing Mogadishu’s chaos, she ponders Faulkner’s notion: “The past is never dead. It’s…