by Melissa Sobin | Jun 1, 2010 | Culture Shock, Good Question
After 14 months, you have finally left the refugee camp for the first time. After a debilitating and long wait for UN approval to immigrate to the United States, you and your spouse board a rickety airplane.  After a twelve-hour ride, you emerge from within,...
by Melissa Sobin | Apr 12, 2010 | The Migration
“Living like a refugee…is not easy,†repeat the members of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars in harmony amidst the captivating beat of steady drums, a shrill harmonica, and bohemian rhythms. The simple chorus in the group’s first CD drives that home. ...
by Melissa Sobin | Apr 5, 2010 | About, Identity
Dozens of bulbous lanterns dangled from the ceiling, vibrating in tandem with the rapid chatter of upwards of 80 Vietnamese senior citizens who crammed the dining area of the South-East Asia Center the way avid Packers fans crammed Lambeau Field at Brett Favre’s...
