Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

2-2023

Abstract

Like thousands of other Rohingyas, Aman (pseudonym) had to flee for his life after violence broke out on 25 August, 2017 in the Rakhine (previously Arakan) state in Myanmar. Aman had got married a few months back and had no intention of leaving his home. But there was no other option left. He had to endure a horrific journey from Myanmar to Bangladesh to save his life. Like Aman, most of my informants’ traumatic journeys to the camp overshadow many Hollywood fictions. Many of them still sustain traumas from those days, especially those who witnessed the killing of their friends and family and the burning of their homes. After walking for days, they crossed the Naf River that lies between the two countries, and finally they could breathe without fear of fire and bullets. Crossing the border, they saved their lives but handed them over to the mercy of others. They did not know where to go and what to do, or how to make a living. ‘It was like the keyamot [the apocalypse]’ Aman recalled.

Discipline

Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics | Organizational Behavior and Theory | Race and Ethnicity

Research Areas

Operations Management

Publication

Organization Studies

Volume

44

Issue

2

First Page

320

Last Page

323

ISSN

0170-8406

Identifier

10.1177/01708406221131941

Publisher

SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Copyright Owner and License

Authors-CC-BY

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406221131941

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