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Title
We Do This Way, We Stay Together
Year
2002
Lisa Merlini highlights the lives of Mira Cua and Cong Ba Nguyen, a couple who have different nationalities, but were able to mix and meld them into the family they started.
Type
Photography
Title
Somal: Community in Lewiston
Year
2002
In the French Canadian town of Lewiston, change is coming. Erin Dowding documents how the Somali community is integrating into the town.
Type
published content
Title
Waa Nabad: Somali Community in Lewiston
Year
2004
In the French Canadian town of Lewiston, change is coming. Erin Dowding documents how the Somali community is integrating into the town.
Type
Photography
Title
In the Middle
Year
2009
Jess Sheldon documents the life of Ikran Mohamod, a 17 year-old Somali immigrant who lives in Portland.
Type
Multimedia
Title
For My Daughters
Year
2013
Having moved to Maine over a decade ago to keep his family safe from civil war in Somali, Dr. Said Mohammed wants his children to be well educated and help the Somali people. Chris Remington profiles how Dr. Mohammed wants the best lives for his daughters.
Type
Radio
Title
For My Children, For Myself
Year
2004
Abdi Saeed speaks about the journey that his mother, Nimo Saeed, has gone through living in Somalia, coming to Maine, and learning English.
Type
Writing
Title
Lost in Translation: Fleeing Car Bombs and Death Threats
Year
2008
Fleeing Iraq because of their cooperation with American forces, former interpreters have found a new home in Maine. Genevieve Lysen documents the lives of Iraqis living in Maine, and discusses the difficulties they face here in America finding work.
Type
Writing
Title
Intersection
Year
2015
Having been told that she would need a cesarean section to deliver her child, one Somali woman declined the procedure at Mercy Hospital in Portland. Olga Kreimer explores how childbirth is seen from a different culture and how this interacts with a woman's legal right to refuse life-saving measures in the state of Maine.
Type
Photography
Title
Twelve Years Later: Living in Maine
Year
2000
After twelve years since being documented by Salt, David Lee returns to the Luy family to document how they have adapted to American traditions, and show how their family heritage is still strong.
Type
published content
Title
Aborokporo
Year
2002
Kyle Glover captures the daily life of a Sudanese family in Portland.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Putting Down New Roots
Year
2015
Salt documents how immigrants are setting down cultural roots through agriculture in a small Maine town.
Type
Photography
Title
Aborokporo (Family)
Year
2001
Kyle Glover captures the daily life of a Sudanese family in Portland.
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