Sonabai Rajawar, a young mother forced by her husband to not leave her home in the Indian village of Puhphutara, begins to fill her days working with the natural clay she found near the well where she washed clothes.
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A Picture Book From Iran: An Umbrella With White Butterflies
An Umbrella With White Butterflies by Farhad Hassanzadeh, illustrated by Ghazaleh Bigdelou is a story about how four children unknowingly impact one another on the eve of the new year. Today as I write this, it’s World Read Aloud Day, a celebration of reading with children all over the world. This book of interconnection, An…
Two Young Women from Nepal, a Pandemic, a Chance for a Senior Year
Here’s my story for InDepthNH about the impact on two international students of the pandemic. Two Young Women from Nepal, a Pandemic, a Chance for a Senior Year
“I Felt I Was Walking With Them” – a story about creating refugee dolls
“Migration is an expression of the human aspiration of dignity, safety and a better future. It is a part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family.” Ban Ki-moon, Eighth Secretary General of the UN Children come to the U.S. from nearly all the countries of the world. The UNHCR…
Welcoming Week and artist Mawouko Aboussa
This week, Sept. 12-20 is Welcoming Week, established by Welcoming America to celebrate new families who have come to the U.S. from around the world and recognize the contributions they bring. It happens that my story about Concord, NH artist Mawouko “Moe” Aboussa is published today at InDepthNH. I want to share the story of…