Portland immigrants spin tales into book

For the fourth year now, immigrants have written their stories for this magazine. Each story is different and each is inspiring.   - - Donna Poisl

By Tom Bell, Staff Writer

PORTLAND – Sanaa Abduljabbar, 40, who immigrated to Maine from Iraq two years ago, remembers a beautiful mountain valley in northern Iraq that she visited as a child.

Mohamed Elshiekh, 43, from Egypt, recalls his ship passage across the Red Sea to visit Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city in Islam.

Marie-Claire Umurerwa, 46, from Rwanda, recounts the worst day of her life, when her 18-month-old son was scalded after pulling a pan of hot water off a table.
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