Ivy League Refugee
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After fleeing war, a young Somali in a Kenyan refugee camp clings to his belief in the power of education, studies by lamp light, excels in national exams... and wins a scholarship to Princeton University. This powerful new radio documentary,"Against The Odds," explores this amazing odyssey in fascinating detail. For more information, click here |
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‘Prison’ to Princeton
When Abass Hassan Mohamed was born in Somalia in 1982, his father honored the event with a variation on a traditional Somali ritual. Instead of tying the umbilical cord to a goat or wad of money—in hopes that the child would prosper when he grew up—Hassan Mohamed Abdi tied it to a book and buried it near a school. “A book and a pen. I did that for all my children,” says Abdi, a bearded man of regal bearing. He was convinced that his progeny, members of a minority tribe, would need a strong education to make their way in the world... Read More
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