In The News

News articles about the refugees in Pittsburgh.

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Interview with Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed, authors of Four Feet, Two Sandals
September 2007

Book with Local Roots Speaks to Refugee Children – Post Gazette
October 2007

From Pittsburgh to Pakistan and Back – Publishers Weekly
February 2008

UNHCR – Return to Afghanistan

Association for the Defense of Refugee Rights (ADR) Report on Conditions at Osire Refugee Camp in Namibia
June 26, 2007

ADR Leaders Souleymane Kabwe and MacGoddins Lushimba Go To Washington, DC
December 10, 2006

Sudanese 'eyewitness to genocide' gets asylum
Oct. 19, 2006

Sudanese Man Granted Political Asylum
Oct. 18, 2006
 
Man Faces Fake Passport Charges
Aug. 2, 2005

The Fugitive's Tale
July 16, 2006

Iraqi refugee father fears for sons stuck in Baghdad
March 14, 2006

Darfur refugee shocked by world's indifference to genocide in his homeland
February 15, 2006

African immigrants face bias from blacks
February 13, 2006

'Lost Boy' from Sudan killed
January 31, 2006

Refugees Reborn in Pittsburgh
November 25, 2005

Khadra Mohammed Recognized as one of Pittsburgh's 40 under 40
November, 2005

PRC receives Education Law Center's Committed Collaborater Award

Kate Freed's Community Champion Award (pdf file)

Khadra Mohammed's Women & Girls of Distinction Girl Scout Award

Father and daughterThe refugees next door
May 22, 2005

Resettled refugees file rights complaint against city schools
May 17, 2005

Two mothers, survivors of tragedy in Somalia, cross an ocean and class lines to forge a life-affirming friendship

May 08, 2005

Somali students using history as path to future
April 08, 2005

Little hope put in Somali government
March 27, 2005

Editorial: Somalia's struggles / A stalemate leaves the country largely ungoverned

February 26, 2005

African refugee students draw inspiration from King

February 24, 2005

Fitting in is hard on everyone, teens find
December 23, 2004

New School, New World: First in an occasional series
November 01, 2004

A confusing, but hopeful first day 
September 03, 2004

Somali Bantu refugees adjust to their new lives in Pittsburgh
May 18, 2004

In America, Mrs. Kahn shops for family's future
May 31, 2003
 
The Colors of Care: Speaking the same language
Oct 29, 2002
 
Special delivery:  Collegians hope to find families of Sudan's 'lost boys'
August 14, 2002
 
Widow who fled from Taliban with eight children settles in Whitehall
August 11, 2002
 
Baldwin-Whitehall staff strives to integrate 200 refugee students and make their schools 'islands of tolerance'
October 17, 2001
 
A rock for refugees: She helps immigrants navigate the choppy waters of U.S. culture
September 5, 2001
 
Hidden heart problem killed Congolese teen
August 17, 2001


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