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| Chronology of Events in Somali History and the Diaspora |
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PART I "The Water in Maine Is Sweet": Contexts of Cultural Contact |
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How We Left Mogadishu, Gulaid |
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Chapter 1 Why Now? A Brief History of Somalia, Mazie Hough |
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20 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Why Maine? Secondary Migration Decisions of Somalis in Maine, Kimberly A. Huisman |
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23 | (30) |
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I've Never Seen Africa, Bashir Mohamed |
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48 | (5) |
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Chapter 3 A Work in Progress: Lewiston Responds to the Rapid Migration of Somali Refugees, Phil Nadeau |
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53 | (24) |
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73 | (4) |
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PART II "We Are Not Under the Tree": Somali Communities in Transition |
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77 | (64) |
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My First Glimpse, Aisha Mohamed |
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79 | (4) |
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Chapter 4 Fragmented and Collaborative Leadership in a Changing Somali Community, Ismail Ahmed |
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83 | (24) |
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103 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 Dadaab Dreams, Nasra Mohamed |
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107 | (18) |
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The Journey to Who I Am, Nawal Wali |
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123 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 Challenges and Support for Somali Students in Higher Education, Ismail Warsame |
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125 | (16) |
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A Bullet and a Snake, but I Kept Pushing, Liban Abu |
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136 | (5) |
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PART III "Wherever I Go I Know Who I Am": Cultural Interactions |
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141 | (52) |
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It's Difficult to Be Me, Ubah Bashir |
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143 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 Caaliya's Storytelling, Kristin M. Langellier |
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145 | (24) |
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Nothing to Cry About, Elham Sala |
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166 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 L.L. Bean, Community Gardens, and Biil: Somalis |
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169 | (24) |
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Working in Maine, Mazie Hough and Carol Nordstrom Toner Being a Muslim, Fathiya Sharif Mohamed |
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190 | (3) |
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PART IV "Anything to Help": Cultural Collaborations |
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193 | (52) |
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The Courage to Ask, Britney Harris |
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195 | (4) |
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Chapter 9 Collaborating with the Community, Kristin M. Langellier |
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199 | (12) |
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206 | (5) |
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Chapter 10 Engaged Learning: Somali Student Initiatives, Carol Nordstrom Toner |
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211 | (16) |
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What I Didn't Know Before, Khalid Mohamed |
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221 | (6) |
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Chapter 11 Readers Theater as Public Pedagogy, Kimberly A. Huisman |
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227 | (18) |
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240 | (5) |
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PART V "Don't You Know? I'm Somalil": Somali Voices from Maine |
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Somalia Before the Civil War |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (1) |
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Refugee Camps and Other Transitions |
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252 | (5) |
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Coming to the United States |
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257 | (2) |
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259 | (8) |
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Family and Cultural Traditions |
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267 | (5) |
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Religious and Ethnic Identity |
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272 | (4) |
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276 | (2) |
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278 | (2) |
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280 | (3) |
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283 | (4) |
| Afterword: Escape from Hell---What Now? |
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287 | (12) |
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| Appendix A Mayor Raymond's Letter to the Somali Community |
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299 | (2) |
| Appendix B Letter from Somali Elders |
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301 | (4) |
| Appendix C The Many and One Coalition |
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305 | (2) |
| Notes |
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307 | (30) |
| Bibliography |
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337 | (18) |
| List of Contributors |
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355 | (4) |
| Permissions |
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359 | (2) |
| Index |
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