Compiled by: Mary Tablante 1. U.S. Holocaust Museum Displays “The Plight of the Rohingya” Washington, D.C.—Photographs showing Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims in exile were projected on the outdoor walls of the Holocaust Museum, in association with FotoWeek DC 2013, beginning on Nov. 4. The Rohingya have no basic human rights, including no legal status in Burma, and they face discrimination and …
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By Devika Koppikar Washington, DC – After a devastating 2009 car accident, then-college student Gauri Sarin decided she didn’t want a typical office job after graduation. So in late 2011, Sarin, whose parents hail from India and business partner Michelle Nguyen, whose parents hail from Vietnam, opened Something Stuffed, a food truck that specializes in fusion “stuffed pockets.” Together, they …
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