After nine years in a Dutch asylum center an Iraqi refugee tries to start a new life as a
European citizen and discovers that to make friends in the western world you need a dog. After
nine years in a Dutch asylum center Samir finally has the chance to start his new life as a
European citizen. But it's a full-time occupation for him to discover what integration really
means. Happily this distracts him from what is happening in his native land Iraq and from
Leda who stole his heart in the first village he stayed in after being granted refugee status.
In this hilarious adventure story we follow the lovable and gritty Samir as he talks his way
into every type of accommodation to be found in this new country full of incomprehensible rules
and habits. His perspective provides profound sometimes painful insights about the West in
this timely exploration of the meaning of home and making oneself at home against all odds.
