Patrick Kingsley & Manal Kahi | The New Odyssey

Journalist Patrick Kingsley and Eat Offbeat CEO Manal Kahi discuss the global refugee crisis. Kingsley’s latest book is ‘The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First-Century Refugee Crisis.’ Buy it here: http://www.strandbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.results&includeOutOfStock=1&searchString=kingsley+new+odyssey Around the world, thousands of people are fleeing war-torn countries by any means necessary, often at great personal risk. In his latest book, ‘The New Odyssey,’ Guardian migration correspondent Patrick Kingsley joins several groups of people running from the destruction of their homelands, joining them on their journeys in order to better understand their world. Joining Patrick in conversation is Manal Kahi, founder of Eat Offbeat, a catering company that delivers authentic ethnic meals conceived, prepared and delivered by refugees resettled in NYC. Ben Taub, contributing writer for the New Yorker, moderates the the discussion. Recorded on January 12, 2017