Book review: How the world is failing Rohingya refugees

Kaamil Ahmed's 'I Feel No Peace' exposes prejudice and lack of interest

Rohingya women and children rest on the beach after their boat landed in Aceh province, Indonesia, in February 2023. Many women and girls from this ethnic minority group flee Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat only to find new perils await. © Reuters

FIONA MACGREGOR, Contributing writer

April 5, 2023 08:00 JST

Amid escalating security and social problems and waning interest among international aid donors, nearly 1 million Rohingya minority Muslims are languishing in one of the world's biggest refugee settlements at Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. A new book provides a timely expose of the inattention and prejudices that have exacerbated the immense suffering of this ethnic minority.