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040 Senem Aslan

11/30/2014

Senem Aslan grew up in Izmir, Turkey and came to the United States in 2001 to get her PhD in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Washington. Since 2010 she has been an assistant professor at Bates College in Lewiston, ME where she teaches Politics.

Recently, Dr. Aslan's first book was published and is called Nation-Building in Turkey and Morocco: Governing Kurdish and Berber Dissent.

Music: Tarkan sings "Dudu"

039 John

11/23/2014

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John is a minister who was born and raised in Eastern DRC and was later called to work with victims and their offenders in post-genocide Rwanda. In an effort to bring more peace to the region, John employed an alternative theory of justice called Restorative Justice. It is built on the indigenous practice which involves victims and offenders coming face to face in order to have recognition of guilt, reparation of harm, and restoration of trust in and among the members of the community.

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038 Seynab Ali

11/16/2014

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Seynab is a farmer who recently completed the NASAP (New American Sustainable Agriculture Program) training on Fresh Start farm in Lisbon, ME. She brought her farming skills from Somalia and has learned how to run a farm and business in Maine, alongside 25 other New Mainers, under the umbrella organization Cultivating Community. (www.cultivatingcommunity.org)

Seynab lives in Lewiston with her husband and children and takes her vegetables to three farmer's markets (Damariscotta, Kennebunk and Lewiston), offers CSA farm shares and sells her vegetables wholesale to local camps and restaurants. She also takes English classes and weekly citizenship classes.

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Ali Abdullatif Ahmida

11/9/2014

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida was born and raised in Libya and now lives with his family in Saco, ME. He is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New England. Dr. Ahmida's scholarship focuses on power, agency and anti-colonial resistance in North Africa, especially in modern Libya.

Music: Desert Rose by Sting and Cheb Mami

035 Maisha Mustafa

11/2/2014

Guest host, Dan Kelly, invites Maisha Mustafa into the studio for live music and conversation. Maisha is originally from Burundi and arrived in Maine a year an a half ago. His music brings together musicians from Africa and the US including Ellan Price, Fiston and Ahzuzu. Together they play five songs in four languages in half and hour.

040 Senem Aslan

039 John

038 Seynab Ali

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida

035 Maisha Mustafa

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