The worlds largest refugee camp is a city built of mud and thorns in northern kenya city of thorns narrates the lives of nine men and women of different nationalities cultures and religions out of the half million residents of the camp despite its engaging narrative style this wasnt a book i could read through in one sitting. Though kenya is almost certainly the country most visited by refugee researchers crisp 2012 5 the link between national security and refugees in recent years has made dadaab an increasingly difficult site for researchers to access and it is within this context that city of thorns nine lives in the worlds largest refugee camp was . City of thorns nine lives in the worlds largest refugee camp is a history biography nonfiction work published in 2016 by thorndike press and written by author journalist ben rawlencegenerally the book follows the stories of nine people narratively through their respective journeys through dadaab the worlds largest refugee camp home to about 350000 people although the exact number is . The book describes life inside dadaab the largest refugee camp in the world through the stories of 9 people all the subjects have fled to dadaab from somalia to escape the war or famine life in the camp is seen entirely through the eyes of the 9 subjects. City of thorns nine lives in the worlds largest refugee camp review stories that need to be heard ben rawlences superb account of daily life inside dadaab camp in kenya underlines the