Quote by Mohsin Hamid: “In a city of refugees, every day was a lesson in how to live with impermanence.”

Living in a refugee city forces one to confront the temporary nature of everything – homes, relationships, stability. This quote means that such a life teaches resilience and adaptability, showing how to find meaning and a way forward when nothing feels permanent.

"Exit West" reflected contemporary global refugee crises. Hamid depicted characters adapting to new realities in migrant camps and cities, prompting readers to reconsider notions of home, borders, and belonging in an increasingly fluid world.

Pakistani novelist whose books The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and translated into dozens of languages. His fiction explores migration, identity, and the human costs of global inequality.