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Life of the Law #127 UGANDA: Pt 2 - Escape
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Northern Uganda
"I escaped because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan." Beatrice Ocwee Reporter Gladys Oroma continues ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 44:12
They Are Going to Kill Us
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
Caption: Houda and Farrah showing off their University of Arizona gear outside the KXCI studios. They coincidentally both came to the recording all decked out in UA colors! Like many Syrian girls, Farrah doesn’t show her face on social media.
In episode 14 Farrah returns with Houda to talk about her family’s harrowing experience in their home in Homs, Syria early in the war. After the ev...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 05:20
Finding New Family
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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In episode 13 of Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship, it’s Melanie’s turn to take you to Small Syria. To sit by the pool with a group of Syrian w...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 05:41
Chapter 7 - Getting Religion on the East Side
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard's mother enrolls him in Good Will Sunday School, an East Side mission of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. At Good Will, Richard lear...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 21:38
Vaguer than Roots
From: Gilad Shanan
Caption: Gilad Shanan with his parents, Amir and Liat, and two brothers, Avner and Yoram, in Buenos Aires, 2008.
Home can have interesting definitions for the children of immigrants. Often the roots of the family tree are planted in distant soil, or have been...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 23:00