Stories As We Move: A HOME Interview Series

Stories As We Move: A HOME Interview Series is an ongoing project that launched in 2020 as part of Lynden's HOME virtual platform. Previously named HOME Conversations with Ourselves, the series pairs individuals that have faced forced displacement and its changing forms in a conversational setting that is both purposeful and informational to interviewer, interviewee and their audience. Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants interview those that have resettled to the United States, including friends and family that are based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as those that remain overseas, covering various backgrounds and narrative identities, and professions, expertise and interests, including but not limited to artists, community members, advocates and leaders, healthcare workers, caseworkers, interpreters, and students and educators. These interviews are reflections of relationships and conversations that we continue to have long after resettlement; they explore issues that our refugee friends and family members continue to face as they remain in their country of origin or interim country.

Check out the entire collection of interviews below:

  • Sarimar (Myanmar/Milwaukee, WI) in conversation with Moe (Myanmar/Milwaukee, WI) on November 21, 2024, link

  • Khatera Nazari (Afghanistan/Milwaukee, WI) in conversation with Mielat Zeray (Eritrea/Milwaukee, WI) on September 3, 2024, link

  • Mala Nan Leth (Myanmar/Milwaukee, WI) in conversation with Asma Osman (Myanmar/Milwaukee, WI) on April 26, 2024, link

  • Yosan Yosief (Eritrea/Milwaukee, WI) in conversation with Lidya Gebrekidan (Eritrea/Milwaukee, WI) on February 24, 2024, link

  • Melisa Hodzic (Bosnia/Milwaukee, WI) in conversation with Karina Tweedell (Ukraine/Milwaukee, WI) on April 20, 2023, link

  • Biluge Ntabala (Congo/Milwaukee) in conversation with Azeb Weldemariam (Eritrea/Milwaukee) on March 17, 2023, link

  • Mekdes Woldemariam (Ethiopia/Milwaukee) in conversation with Hlawn Hlawn (Myanmar/California) on February 18, 2023, link

  • Tessy Sheidun (Rwanda/Milwaukee) in conversation with Kassim Rajab (Congo/Madison) on March 25, 2022, link

  • Hlawn Hlawn (Myanmar/California) in conversation with Maryam Durani (Afghanistan/Milwaukee) on March 11, 2022, link

  • Rahena Aziz (Myanmar/Malaysia/Milwaukee) in conversation with Hasina Begum (Myanmar/Malaysia/Milwaukee) on February 19, 2022, link

  • Kassim Rajab (Congo/Madison) in conversation with Naseri (Afghanistan/Madison) on February 18, 2022, link

  • Komeil Zarin (Iran/Malaysia) in conversation with Amal Haj Sleman (Syria/Malaysia) on February 19, 2021, link

  • Paul Vang (Milwaukee, WI) in conversation with May June Paw (Milwaukee, WI) on June 11, 2020, link

  • Sumeya Osman (Somalia/Milwaukee) in conversation with Joyeux Mugisho (Congo/Uganda) on June 3, 2020, link

  • Kim Khaira (Malaysia/Milwaukee) in conversation with Komeil Zarin (Iran/Malaysia) on May 20, 2020, link

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