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title: "We Are All Birds of Uganda"
brand: "hafsa zayyan"
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# We Are All Birds of Uganda

**Brand:** hafsa zayyan
**Price:** € 36.79
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- **What is this?** We Are All Birds of Uganda by hafsa zayyan
- **How much does it cost?** € 36.79 with free shipping
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We Are All Birds of Uganda

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## Customer Reviews

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    Brilliant- but sad ending
  

*by G***H on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 April 2023*

Really loved this book. Really bought in to the characters and their hopes and dreams. I feel the ending was realistic but sad. Stayed with me for a while.

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    Slow start but a commendable debut novel
  

*by M***  on Reviewed in Germany on 29 January 2023*

A decent story but perhaps the author tried to squeeze too much in a relatively compact book. The first part of the story is a bit tedious. I felt the bit about Sameer in the corporate London world, was a bit too long. The letters from his grandfather, much more interesting but given very few pages.When Sameer gets to Uganda, the story picks up pace. I found it took me very long to read the first part compared to the second, which flowed and covered lots more ground. The complexity of Indians in Uganda is not easy to compress in a 300 page novel. Hafsa Zayyan takes a decent shot at it.

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    Multigenerational thought provoking read
  

*by R***Z on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2021*

Hafsa Zayyan is an incredibly gifted writer and you can see she has done a lot of research and put so much effort into writing this book for which she won the @merkybooks New Writers Prize. For a debut author, her writing style is very immersive and accomplished.This is the second book I have read which highlights the expulsion of Asians from Uganda and although fictional, it is an important read in order to understand a part of history which is not very well known.In this multigenerational book we read the story of Sameer, a Leicester born, high-flying lawyer in present day London, as he embarks on a journey of self discovery and enlightenment when he is offered an exciting job opportunity which would move him away from his family to live in Singapore. Alongside this we also see the story of his grandfather, Hasan, who is remarrying after the sudden death of his first wife. This is conveyed through letters written to his dead wife and starts from the 1960s. These letters play a central role in enabling the reader to understand the history behind Sameer and his family and the events which led up to the expulsion of Asians from Uganda and to the people they have become.Zayyan has packed so much into this novel and cleverly introduces us to a whole host of situations where we see the impact of colonialism, culture, displacement, multi-faceted racism, micro-aggressions and discrimination in the workplace as well as a story of friendship, love, loss, hope, self-discovery and family drama.Islam was an underlying theme in my opinion, and I felt it was woven in quite naturally and in the most part was portrayed positively. It was interesting to see the religious conflict and identity crisis faced by Sameer and the reasons for some of his actions as well as how his faith developed over the story. He had certain characteristics which annoyed me so much but I liked how his character matured by the end.If you liked The Family Tree and Kolo Hill, you may enjoy this story too as I was reminded of both as I read this book, although all three novels are different and have their own unique qualities.

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