Yaghmaian is an exiled Iranian in search of the stories of migrants. Hear about an Afghan boy who lost his family in US bombing, a young girl trying to survive in New York, or men waiting to stow away on a ship in a Greek harbor.
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Behzad Yaghmaian: The Secret World of Refugees This is a moving, highly personal account by an exiled Iranian in search of the stories of migrants. He found an Afghan boy who lost his family in US bombing, a young girl trying to survive in New York, or men waiting to stow away on a ship in a Greek harbor.Yaghmaian is a professor of economics and the author of "Social Change in Iran: An Eyewitness Account of Dissent, Defiance, and New Movements for Rights". He is a frequent contributor to Counterpunch <http://www.counterpunch.org>