In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood. For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.
A crucial display of what it means to treat an intersectional individual as a person: In Amin's own words, we get to how he reflects his struggles over political and religious beliefs, over sexuality, over race and nationality, and over poverty. The only exoticizing element is the "refugee" identity, which might;ve triggered the initial interest.