Ow-z (Aws) Al-Darkazali, known as “Big Al,” is an Iraqi dentist. At first euphoric over the ouster of Saddam Hussein,...
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Alexandra: Immigrant, World Citizen
Alexandra Bacalao is an immigrant from Venezuela by way of Canada who came to the US as a schoolgirl. Now a physician...
Jabeen: Mothers, Children and Language
Jabeen, a Pakistan-born woman watched her mother, who did not know English, struggle to the point of suicide in...
Fable and Fact: Professor Jeffrey Engel
Jeffrey Engel is a historian who directs the Center for Presidential History at SMU Center for Presidential History |...
Where is Frank?
Parts Unknown to White Oaks, New Mexico 1884
Daniel: Poor, Lonely, and Lucky
Daniel, a Haitian whose parents brought him here as a boy, goes through a “serendipity of experiences” to overcome the...
Daniel Simon
From Haiti to New York City, 1988
A Year in Iran
From US to Iran, 1976-77
Mayela: Welcome and Unwelcome
In this episode, a young Mexican woman, a university graduate and marketing executive, wrestles with feeling welcome...