“This book is a profound journey into the dark legacy of intergenerational trauma in refugee communities. It sheds light on the heavy shadows we’ve inherited – fears, tensions, and the oppressive silences of our ancestors. It compels us to lift the veil on the hidden, break the silence and cleanse the ‘burden of survival’ from the walls that held our forebears captive, who fought to voice the unspeakable truth.”-Mandana Hendessi, OBE, Author of ‘The Kurds: The Struggle for National Identity and Statehood’, Social Development and Social Movements Specialist, London, United Kingdom.“Today, when there appears to be little space for reflection in the face of ongoing wars, genocides, forced migrations, and gross injustices, Intergenerational Trauma in Refugee Communities affirms the conviction that the compelling point of the trauma transmission process is when speakers' emotional and ontological truths are integrated into the stories of successive generations, respecting the noble resilience of forbearers and their progeny.”-Keith Doubt, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Wittenberg University, OH, U.S.A. “Kromják and Karamehić-Muratović have produced a foundational study for understanding the way trauma impacts intergenerational social and political norms. This volume will certainly become a standard reference text not only within refugee studies but across the social sciences in short order.”-Dr. Jasmin Mujanović, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Newlines Institute, Washington D.C., U.S.A.“This collection, notable for its global and cross-disciplinary scholarship and clear, accessible language, provides critical insights into the far-reaching impacts of twentieth-century imperial genocides and ongoing state violence. It calls for hospitality while exploring the entanglement of displaced ‘refugees’ and forced migration with political violence and the quest for justice.”-Fazil Moradi, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, South Africa, Author of ‘Being Human: Political Modernity and Hospitality in Kurdistan-Iraq’.
