Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador is a collection of journal excerpts kept by actress Angelina Jolie written from February 2001 through June 2002

Notes from My Travels details Jolie's visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador.

Jolie donated her proceeds from the book to the UNHCR.

In 2006, Jolie put her handwritten notebooks up for auction with the proceeds benefiting refugees. Bidding started at $150, and the journals were sold for $5,460.

Release

The book was officially released October 28, 2003.

In July 2020, Notes from My Travels was translated into Vietnamese by Hoang Anh Kapi.

Reception

Critical response

Upon its release Notes from My Travels, was well received with newspapers like The Arab American News saying the book, "...offers insight into refugee life."

In 2016, the book was included in a list by UWIRE of empowering books for Women's History Month. The journalist behind the list Sarah Nichols called the book, "deeply intelligent and thoughtful."

Hoang Anh Kapi who adapted the book for Vietnamese in 2020 called the book, "...a must-read book to understand more about the world we are living in."

Public opinion

When interviewed by the Daily Mirror in October 2003, Angelina's father Jon Voight said the book is, "...very well written and moving to read."

References

  • Published in English, German, Japanese, Russian
  • Cambodian Vision in Development
  • Witness to Truth
  • Angelina Jolie's Refugee Journals