Author / Ellen Birch
Ellen is a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences. She can be reached at ellen.birch@wustl.edu.
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St. Louis’ Legacy as an Asylum for Refugees
One winter afternoon in 1995, fifteen and a half-year-old Hedija went down to the river by her house to do her family’s washing. Like other rural Bosnians, she always did her laundry by hand. Hedija’s baby was by her side when, suddenly, she heard the noise of a bomb falling overhead. She knew from it’s…
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St. Louis’ Legacy as An Asylum for Refugees
One winter afternoon in 1995, fifteen and a half-year-old Hedija went down to the river by her house to do her family’s washing. Like other rural Bosnians, she always did her laundry by hand. Hedija’s baby was by her side when, suddenly, she heard the noise of a bomb falling overhead. She knew from it’s…
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