Baghdad To Brooklyn
Baghdad To Brooklyn
A memoir by Laith Yousif
The Book
Baghdad To Brooklyn is the story of a man who left everything he knew — the ancient streets of Baghdad, the warmth of family, the only language that felt like home — and found himself standing in New York City with little more than a degree, a dream, and an uncertain future.
It is the story of arriving at the World Trade Center for work in 2001, of watching the towers fall, and of the years that followed: asylum, advocacy, displacement, and eventually belonging. It is a story about being Iraqi in America during the most contentious decades of the relationship between those two worlds.
Above all, it is a story about what it means to rebuild a life — brick by brick, borough by borough — from Baghdad to Brooklyn.
Author’s Note
“I started writing From Baghdad to New York as a blog in 2002 because I wanted the world to know that Iraqis were real people — not abstractions, not statistics, not collateral damage. Years later, I realised those blog posts were the first draft of something much longer. This book is that something.”
— Laith Yousif
Publication
| Status | In progress |
| Publisher | TBA |
| Release Date | TBA |
| ISBN | TBA |
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Excerpt
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Press & Reviews
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Updates
Follow the writing journey through the Baghdad To Brooklyn blog posts.