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Tale of Somali refugee’s escape to America both gut-wrenching, inspiring

October 9, 2018 by Eric DeGrechie, Editor Life & Arts, The Arts

"One day when I was out there dancing, Falis came out to hang posters of Rambo, the Terminator, and Chuck Norris, which she had saved from the Cinema Ecuatore. I stared at the men in the posters — big strong Americans, flexing huge...
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