To Everywhere and Nowhere
The Syrian diaspora now counts three families in the US state of Vermont
The Obama administration has promised to admit 10,000 Syrian migrants over the next year. We head to the tiny New England state of Vermont to get some idea of what that might look like. Then, New York Times correspondent Rukmini Callimachi has another migrant story to tell— her own. And, we learn why easy access to ‘community college’ is a boon to migrant students starting out in America.
Plus: why the US is sending students to Tajikistan to learn Farsi. And the three languages where ‘Texas’ has a new meaning.
Image: Anwar Diab Agha, a Syrian migrant living in the US state of Vermont, was a highly-regarded violinist and composer in Damascus. Credit: PRI’s The World
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Community college as a gateway to higher education
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To convey a sense of lawlessness, just say ‘Texas’
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An American journalist on her own migrant journey
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