Somalis assess their life in Minnesota

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April 15, 2009
Gary Eichten - Host, Ahmed Samatar - Interviewee, Hussein Samatar - Interviewee, Steven John - Contributor, Sara Meyer - Producer, Laura Yuen - Reporter, Jeylani Mohamed - Interviewee, Dahir Mohamed - Interviewee, Ruqia Mohamed - Interviewee
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Ahmed Samatar, dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College in St. Paul; and Hussein Samatar, founder and executive director of the African Development Center in Minneapolis, discuss the major concerns of Somalis living in Minnesota, including whether young men are being recruited to fight with terrorists. The two Somali men who are longtime Minnesota residents and U.S. citizens.

Program includes a report on Somalis in Minnesota reacting to barrage of bad news in community and from home country.

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