Voices is a collection of stories written by refugees and immigrants living in the USA.
You can read about the challenges other refugees and immigrants faced. Read to learn how they adjusted to life in the USA.
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January 20th
WeaveTales is telling stories around the world
Weavetales is looking for the stories of refugees, immigrants, and other displaced people. Tell us your story, and have it heard by the world. As the name shows, the website WeaveTales brings together the threads of many tales, or stories, into one piece. WeaveTales collects and presents the stories of displaced people. We present the ... Read more
December 12th
Gratitude from a new American
My name is Ekhlas Ahmed and I am a genocide survivor from the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Leaving my homeland was one of the hardest things that I have ever done in my life. I left the place where I called home, the place that held all my dreams and secrets, but I didn’t ... Read more
December 8th
Chasing the American dream
I was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Baraka. A place where the sky is always blue. The sun is always out. A downfall being it gets a little too hot. The temperature varies from 68 degrees F to 90 degrees F. A place where music from different cultures is always playing ... Read more
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December 2nd
Because good food feels like home
For many newcomers, food may be one of the last links they have to the country they came from. Sitting around the table with a home-cooked meal may be the only thing that feels like home. I spent my childhood in Bosnia, a country whose cuisine is like a map of its past. Bosnia ... Read more
