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Matthieu Aikins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who has reported from Afghanistan and the Middle East since 2008. He is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, and a Puffin Fellow at Type Media Center. His first book, The Naked Don’t Fear the Water, about an undercover journey to Europe with Afghan refugees, was published by Harper and Fitzcarraldo Editions in February, and has been translated into six languages.

Matthieu grew up in Nova Scotia, and has a master’s degree in Near Eastern Studies from New York University.

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	The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees 4.18 avg rating — 6,887 ratings — published 2022 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bird of Chaman, Flower of the Khyber: Riding Shotgun from Karachi to Kabul in a Pakistani Truck 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In 1989, there were only fifteen borders that were fortified with walls or fences in the world; by 2016, there were almost seventy, with more planned or under construction. Especially since the attacks of 9/11, these walls have been built in the name of security, and yet in practice they trace the line between rich and poor.”
― Matthieu Aikins, The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees

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“It is not the voice that commands the story, wrote Italo Calvino, it is the ear.”
― Matthieu Aikins, The Naked Don't Fear the Water: A Journey Through the Refugee Underground

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“One million crossed in fourteen months. It was the greatest movement of refugees by sea in history.”
― Matthieu Aikins, The Naked Don't Fear the Water: A Journey Through the Refugee Underground

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