The Right Kind of SufferingWinner 2024 Evelyn Shakir Non Fiction Academic Award, The Arab American National Museum An examination of Arab asylum seekers who feel compelled to package their tales of disenfranchisement and suffering to satisfy a deeply reluctant immigration system. From the overloaded courts with their constantly changing dates and appointments to the need to prove oneself the right kind of victim, the asylum system in the United States is an exacting and drawn