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Behrouz Boochani Behrouz Boochani i(9688668 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Kurdish
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1 Behrouz Boochani, the Refugee Writer Who Exposed the Cruelty of Australia’s Island Jail Ben Doherty , Behrouz Boochani , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 22 May 2023;

'One inmate became the voice of the men locked up on Manus. Behrouz Boochani and Ben Doherty look back at the risks he took to get this story to the world'

1 4 y separately published work icon Freedom, Only Freedom : The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani Behrouz Boochani , Moones Mansoubi (editor), Omid Tofighian (editor), London : Bloomsbury , 2022 25093877 2022 selected work essay

'Over six years of imprisonment on Australia's offshore migrant detention centre, the Kurdish Iranian journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani bore personal witness to the suffering and degradation inflicted on him and his fellow refugees, culminating eventually in his prize-winning book - No Friend but the Mountains - which was painstakingly typed out in text messages while he was incarcerated.

'In the articles, essays, and poems he wrote while detained, he emerged as both a tenacious campaigner and activist, as well as a deeply humane voice which speaks for the indignity and plight of the many thousands of detained migrants across the world.

'In this book, his collected writings are combined with essays from experts on migration, refugee rights, politics, and literature. Together, they provide a moving, creative, and challenging account of not only one writer's harrowing experience and inspiring resilience, but the wider structures of violence which hold thousands of human beings in a state of misery in migrant camps throughout the western hemisphere and beyond.'  (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon No Friend but the Mountains : A Symphonic Song Cycle Behrouz Boochani , Luke Styles (composer), Australia : Zelman Symphony Orchestra , 2021 27676083 2021 selected work lyric/song
1 Flower Love Behrouz Boochani , 2021 single work prose
— Appears in: Long Paddock , November vol. 79 no. 2 2021;
1 Siege Hass Hassaballa , Samad Abdul , Behrouz Boochani , Mohamad Adam , Walid Zazai , Shaminda Kanapathi , 2021 single work prose
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 79 no. 2 2021; (p. 267-290)
'On 31 October 2017, the Australian Government announced that they were going to relocate more than 600 refugees from Manus prison camp in Lombrum to three new camps in another part of Manus Island. The refugees refused to leave the prison camp because they said we will not allow them to relocate us to new prison camps after four and half years of imprisonment. We demand freedom. Staff from the private companies paid by Australia to run the prison at that time, Wilson Security, IHMS (International Health Medical Services) and Broadspectrum, left the camp and the refugees were left without food, water, power or medical facilities for 23 days.' (Introduction)
1 Vavan Behrouz Boochani , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 74 2021; (p. 111-117)
1 Many Prisons, Many Borders, Many Islands : Spicy’s Story Behrouz Boochani , Omid Tofighian , 2021 single work prose
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , March 2021;
1 When We Talk About Time Tara June Winch , Behrouz Boochani , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 79 no. 4 2020;
1 Writing Through Fences Behrouz Boochani , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 19-25 September 2020;

'A Facebook message seven years ago prompted poet and activist Janet Galbraith to found a writing group that brought hope and connection to refugees. “It was formed out of the relationships between human beings, reaching through prison fences and beyond borders.” By Behrouz Boochani.' 

1 Forgive Me My Love i "Forgive me my bird as I am not able to embrace you", Behrouz Boochani , Moones Mansoubi (translator), 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Solid Air : Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word 2019; (p. 25-26) Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 10 no. 1 2020; (p. 6-7)
1 The Black Kite i "Over Manus Island", Behrouz Boochani , Ali Parsaei (translator), 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sky Falls Down : An Anthology of Loss 2019; (p. 210)
1 Manus Prison Theory : Borders, Incarceration and Collective Agency Omid Tofighian , Behrouz Boochani , 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Griffith Review , August no. 65 2019;
'Shortly after the release of No Friend but the Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison (Picador, 2018), both Behrouz Boochani and Omid Tofighian, author and translator, engaged in a public discussion (18 November 2018) at the Coventry Library in Stirling, Adelaide Hills, organised by the Adelaide Vigil for Manus and Nauru. Behrouz was speaking via Skype from Manus, and Omid was in Australia while on leave from teaching at the American University in Cairo. This article is an edited version of that conversation – the first time the two explored the central issues raised by the book and the accompanying translator’s essays.' (Publication summary)
1 ‘The Boats Are Coming’ Is One of the Greatest Lies Told to the Australian People Behrouz Boochani , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 2 July 2019;

'Over the years the policy of imprisoning refugees could have easily been overturned but there are still political and financial gains to be made.' (Article summary)

1 Behrouz Boochani's Literary Prize Acceptance Speech – Full Transcript Behrouz Boochani , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 February 2019;

'This is a transcript of the speech Behrouz Boochani delivered via video link on 31 January 2019'

1 Flight from Manus i "Awake", Behrouz Boochani , Omid Tofighian (translator), 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 7)
1 The Colours of War Behrouz Boochani , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: No Friend but the Mountains : Writing From Manus Prison 2018;
1 In Twilight Behrouz Boochani , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: No Friend but the Mountains : Writing From Manus Prison 2018;
1 Infection : Manus Prison Syndrome Behrouz Boochani , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: No Friend but the Mountains : Writing From Manus Prison 2018;
1 The Flowers Resembling Chamomile Behrouz Boochani , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: No Friend but the Mountains : Writing From Manus Prison 2018;
1 The Magnificent Mango Tree and the Gentle Giant Behrouz Boochani , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: No Friend but the Mountains : Writing From Manus Prison 2018;
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