Tweet Dvorak is a Twin Cities physician practicing emergency room medicine. In his spare time, he volunteers at a local urban clinic serving low-income patients. Over the years, Dave has made many trips to developing countries to care for the poor and underserved. Most recently, he traveled to the Greek island of Samos to provide medical relief to Syrian and Iraqi refugees fleeing war and torture in their homelands. This experience inspired “Refugee Lullaby,” a moving ballad that gives voice to a father trying to explain this troubling international issue in a way a child can understand.
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SYRIAN REFUGEES, Between political rhetoric and reality, My conversation with members of CISPOS !
Tweet Rihab Abu Sara and Andy Berman talk about the plight of Syrian refugees Syrian Refugees Between Reality and Ideology, My conversation with members of CISPOS
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Killing an Arab! … the tragic journey of Aylan Kurdi
Tweet Notes from America: Killing an Arab! … the tragic journey of Aylan Kurdi Killing an Arab! “Standing on the beach With a gun in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring down the barrel At the arab on the ground I can see his open mouth But I hear no sound…” The song for the British band “The Cure” was inspired by Albert Camus’s novel “The Stranger” published 1946,sold millions an it caused a lot of controversy because of its title. ”Killing an Arab. However in Camus’s novel, he was dealing with existentialism, and the title “killing An Arab” was taken to…