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Chapter 6 Ethiopia
October 11, 20191

Refuge#32 The Price of Oil

Previously in Refuge#31 Ethiopian Borderlands: Otholi describes how his homeland was divided into two by the British during colonial times. As a consequence of this...

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Chapter 6 Ethiopia
October 4, 20192

Refuge#31 Ethiopian borderlands

Otholi talks about the fertile Gambella plains in Ethiopia, and how the Anuak lived as one people before the demarcation the Sudanese and Ethiopian border.

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Chapter 5 Iraq
September 27, 20191

Refuge#30 Just a number

Sabah and Lamia still miss Iraq where they were more than just a number, but their daughter Ranin embraces the new opportunities that she has in Australia.

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Chapter 5 Iraq
September 20, 20191

Refuge#29 Safe games such as chess

Even playing chess was dangerous during Saddam Hussein's rule. So Iba translates for the Americans when they arrive, but the violence doesn't stop.

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Chapter 5 Iraq
September 13, 20191

Refuge #28 Think of Lenin

In 1979, Sabah was jailed in Iraq for being a communist. He and Lamia describe how political dissent, imprisonment and war affected them.

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Chapter 5 Iraq
September 6, 20191

Refuge #27: The Actress

Iraqi playwright Sabah Al-anbari falls in love with his leading lady. Their families strongly object because Sabah is Muslim while Lamia is Mandae.

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Chapter 5 Iraq
August 30, 20192

Refuge #26 The last scene

Sabah, an Iraqi playwright, describes the last scene of violence his family witnessed enroute to Jordan, where they hoped to apply for asylum to Australia.

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Chapter 5 Iraq
August 23, 20191

Refuge #25 A playwright and his chess-playing daughter

After the ousting of Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi playwright is blacklisted and his daughter, a chess champion, is told not to visit the chess centre anymore.

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Chapter 4 Sri Lanka
August 16, 20190

Refuge #24 High Risk Tickets

Suthan's search for work pays off and he begins a family of his own. Suthan talks about parenting in a different culture and Barbara talks about her mother.

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