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“I was about to say [I found refuge] for the second time…”

Kian Tajbakhsh about his Double Refuge in New York City

In an interview with the We Refugees Archive Team, Iranian Political Exilee and Coordinator of the Committee on Forced Migration at Columbia University Kian…

“I guess I’m willing to own the fact that I am a refugee.”

Kian Tajbakhsh about Refugeedom and Identity

In an interview with the We Refugees Archive team, Iranian Political Exilee and Coordinator of the Committee on Forced Migration at Columbia University Kian…

“I might say I am falling out of love with Tehran and falling in love with New York, a place that has accepted me.”

Kian Tajbakhsh on Homesickness

In an interview with the We Refugees Archive Team, Iranian Political Exilee and Coordinator of the Committee on Forced Migration at Columbia University Kian…

“I am curious about the way in which there is a kind of complacency about the question of how to handle legal and illegal immigration in the United States.”

Kian Tajbakhsh: Aspects of a Migrant’s Life in New York City

In an interview with the We Refugees Archive Team, Iranian Political Exilee and Coordinator of the Committee on Forced Migration at Columbia University Kian…

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