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Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

This is war

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Isma’il Kushkush

Isma’il Kushkush is a journalist who has contributed to The New York Times, CNN, the Associated Press (AP), Reuters, Voice of America, and Al Jazeera English. He was based in Khartoum, Sudan, for eight years, and for two three-month periods in 2014 and again in 2015, he was acting bureau chief for The New York Times in East Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has covered political, economic, social, and cultural stories from Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Burundi, Sweden, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and the United States. He received a bachelors of arts degree in history and international relations from the University of California, Davis, with a focus on Africa and the Middle East, and a master of arts degree in journalism from Columbia Journalism School in New York, with a focus on politics and global affairs.
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Enduring Abductions, Torture, and Tangled Asylum Laws, Eritrean Refugees’ Stories Still Go Unheard

By Isma’il Kushkush January 22, 2018
Four Eritrean refugees discuss their harrowing escapes, the networks that saved them, and their plans for the future.
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