Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
Foreword xiii
Introduction xxiii
New Mainers: Portraits of Our Immigrant Neighbors
Chapter 1 Hooria Majeed, Afghanistan 1
Chapter 2 Jose Castaneda, El Salvador 7
Chapter 3 Khadija Guled, Somalia 13
Chapter 4 Amarpreet and Hermeet Kohli, India 19
Chapter 5 Makara Meng, Cambodia 25
Chapter 6 Shamou, Iran 31
Chapter 7 Mary Otto, Sudan 37
Chapter 8 Gerard Kiladjian, Syria 43
Chapter 9 Grace Valenzuela, Philippines 49
Chapter 10 Oscar Mokeme, Nigeria 55
Chapter 11 Van and Kim Luu, Vietnam 61
Chapter 12 Zeynep Turk, Turkey 67
Chapter 13 Emrush Zeqiri, Kosovo 73
Chapter 14 Rifat and Tasneem Zaidi, Pakistan 79
Chapter 15 Winston Williams, Jamaica 85
Chapter 16 Suwanna Sanguantonkallaya, Thailand 91
Chapter 17 Rafael Galvez, Peru 95
Chapter 18 Jaden Li Eung, Cambodia 101
Chapter 19 Abdullah Pious Ali, Ghana 107
Chapter 20 Lana Shkolnik and Galina Antonovskiy, Russia 113
Chapter 21 Tomas Fortson, Mexico 119
Chapter 22 Ismail Ahmed, Somalia 125
Chapter 23 Laura Val, Romania 131
Chapter 24 Timwah Luk, Hong Kong 137
Chapter 25 Jelilat Oyetunji, Nigeria 143
Appendix: A Look at Recent Immigration in Maine 149
About the Authors 156
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