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Tajikistan refugee's memory and mission in America
Bozorov, a Tajik teen who fled civil war, recalls killings and fear while pursuing studies at Prairie State College in the United States. He survived being separated from older men, witnessed murders and rapes, and credits a US scholarship with sparing his family from further violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozorov
United Nations Development Programme
Tajikistan
Zulhumar
Nargis
Nigina
Tursunzade
United States
Soviet Union
Dushanbe
United Tajik Opposition
UTO
Communist Party
America
United States Information Agency
Prairie State College
Phi Theta Kappa
Sport
Susan
Matthew McArthur
University Park
Prairie State
Tane
Mary Compton
Ernment
Alisher Bozorov