by Jack Doppelt | Jun 21, 2011 | Featured projects, The Migration, What's New, World Refugee Day
Audio slideshow: Hear refugees who have resettled in Chicago talk about their experiences, from the persecution they experienced back home – in Iraq, Burma, Bhutan or Iran – to their times in refugee camps to their resettlement in Chicago. Many of the...
by Anna Bisaro | Jun 10, 2011 | Back Home, Family, Problems with Papers, The Migration, What's New, World Refugee Day
On the afternoon of July 12, 2007, Alham Hasan received the phone call no wife ever wants to answer. A relative called her in Jordan to tell her that her husband had been kidnapped in Iraq. The kidnappers offered an ultimatum: $50,000 in ransom, or they would kill...
by Jack Doppelt | Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized, World Refugee Day
Chicagoans celebrated World Refugee Day on June 22 at Loyola University on the city’s north side. The event, which has been commemorated in Chicago since 2002, featured musical and dance performances by resettled refugees from Bhutan, Iraq and Assyria. Funkadesi, a...
by wong | Jun 28, 2010 | World Refugee Day
Warkaa Abdul Hussain (on the left), who was born in Baghdad, Iraq, shares her story as a refugee....
