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Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn’t Enough is former child refugee Dina Nayeri’s latest work of nonfiction. The Iranian-American author’s writing dives into the issue of credibility to unveil the unspoken hierarchies based upon which a person’s worth — and likelihood to be taken seriously — are based. Nayeri teaches us that most identities are “performance”: Being a law-abiding citizen, a good mother, or a successful company executive all require the creation of some form of pretense. Through her appraisal of the asylum system, among other institutions, the author takes us through case studies of asylum seekers to reveal how, sadly, the truth isn’t always enough.

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