2020年8月4日 · Mu Naw, a Christian from Myanmar struggling to put down roots with her family, was accepted after decades in a refugee camp at a time when America was at its most open to displaced families; and Hasna, a Muslim from Syria, agrees to relocate as a last resort for the safety of her family--only to be cruelly separated from her children by a ...

2020年8月4日 · There is the story of Mu Naw, a refugee from Myanmar who comes with her family to Austin, Texas, in 2007 after spending most of her life in a Thai camp, and that of Hasna al-Salam, who arrives...

2025年1月6日 · Goudeau lays out the obstacles that refugees face at every step of the FRRP process through sharing the experiences of Mu Naw and Hasna. Mu Naw lost her home at the age of five: a member of Myanmar’s Karen minority, she and her family fled the country when her aunt resisted an army general who attempted to coerce her into sex.

2001年9月11日 · As a five-year-old child, Mu Naw fled Myanmar, crossing the border into Thailand and living in a small refugee camp only to be later chased out of there by soldiers. Returning to Myanmar, she lived with a cruel cousin for three years and then returned to a larger camp in Thailand where her mother was living.

2020年8月4日 · Readers are with Mu Naw as she goes to English class, finds out she’s unexpectedly pregnant, is betrayed by sponsors who are supposed to protect her, forms close ties with other refugees and becomes a resilient leader.

Mu Naw, a Christian from Myanmar struggling to put down roots with her family, was accepted after decades in a refugee camp at a time when America was at its most open to displaced families; and Hasna, a Muslim from Syria, agrees to relocate as a last resort for the safety of her family–only to be cruelly separated from her children by a ...

2020年4月28日 · Mu Naw, a Christian from Myanmar struggling to put down roots with her family, was accepted after decades in a refugee camp at a time when America was at its most open to displaced families; and Hasna, a Muslim from Syria, agrees to relocate as a last resort for the safety of her family--only to be cruelly separated from her children by a ...

Mu Naw Poe was born in Burma where she was taught to weave by her mother. She came to Australia as a refugee in 2008. For almost 20 years Mu Naw lived in refugee camps in Thailand. In 2013 she was taught tapestry weaving by Sara Lindsay, who continues to act as her mentor. Munaw has exhibited regularly with Shuklay Tahpo since 2014.

Alternating the stories of two refugees, Mu Naw and Hasna, she describes in detail the trauma they endured in their countries of origin and in flight from those countries. Goudeau, who knew and befriended Mu Naw in Austin, interviewed both her friend and Hasna on multiple occasions.

Journalist Goudeau presents a richly detailed account of the resettlement experiences of two women granted refugee status in the U.S. Mu Naw fled Myanmar in 1989, at age five, and grew up in Thai...