Tag: Refugee

  • ‘Rites of Passage’ Exhibit Features Artifacts From Local Refugees

    Some regions of Somalia celebrate the Shaash Saar, or scarf ceremony. Seven days after the wedding, a Somali bride will attend a big gathering of women who each bring a shaash and, one by one, place it on the bride’s head. | Photo Credit: San Diego Museum of Man By Carissa Casares and Maureen Cavanaugh…

  • African Restaurant Week Continues Through Sunday

    You’ve heard of San Diego Restaurant Week, the biannual event when restaurants offer three-course dinners for cheaper prices? Well now we haveAfrican Restaurant Week. Foodies, take note. The event runs through Sunday with seven of San Diego’s ten African restaurants offering traditional African cuisine at reduced prices. Think sambusas (fried or baked pastry with a savory…

  • Tweet City Heights: IRC to Celebrate Refugee Entrepreneurs Saturday

    By Megan Burks Weekend Bazaar and Bus Tour to Celebrate Refugee Entrepreneurs The International Rescue Committee in San Diego is scheduled to host its international holiday bazaar 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the City Heights Farmers Market. The event will feature local refugee entrepreneurs selling handicrafts from all over the world. Free gift-wrapping…

  • A Refugee’s Silent Journey, Revisited

    At a coffee shop in Mission Valley, Har Sin, a 25-year-old refugee from Burma, practices his sign language with friends. Har Sin, who is deaf, had no way to formally communicate before coming to the United States in 2008. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Adrian Florido The young man from Burma stepped onto the…

  • Video: Crawford Garden is a Reminder of Home for Refugee Students

    By Katelyn Anacona, James Burrell, Mark Duvall, Starz Loreto and Julissa Mora The following video was produced by youth in the Media Arts Center San Diego’s Teen Producers Project.