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Omar Mohamed, left, and his brother, Hassan. In the graphic memoir he coauthored, When Stars Are Scattered, Mohamed shares what their life was like in the refugee camps in Kenya — and their journey to resettlement in the U.S. Omar Mohamed hide caption

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Halima Aden attends the premiere of Netflix's Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly at Barker Hangar on Aug. 27, 2019, in Santa Monica, Calif. Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption

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'I'm Not A Cover Girl': Halima Aden On Why She Decided To Leave A Modeling Career

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Carmen Bachmann founded "Chance for Science," a website that connects refugee academics with scientists working in Germany. Thomas Victor for NPR hide caption

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While Others Saw Refugees, This German Professor Saw Human Potential

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People walk past wooden cabins in France's first international-standard refugee camp on March 8, 2016, in Grande-Synthe, France. Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Defying French Government, Aid Group Builds Refugee Camp

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The sun sets on Banksy's 'Dismaland' in Weston-super-Mare England. The art exhibit, billed as a "bemusement park," closed permanently on Sunday, Sept. 27. BEN BIRCHALL/PA Photos /Landov hide caption

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Somali children dance in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Fairfax Media/Fairfax Media via Getty Images hide caption

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How The World's Largest Refugee Camp Remade A Generation Of Somalis

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