Diaspora

Sudan’s diaspora, from Virginia to Victoria, sends aid as other sources fall through

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Comment on this storyComment CHANTILLY, Va. — The indoor basketball court at a Northern Virginia fitness center echoes with a familiar chorus of cheers and groans punctuated by a blaring buzzer. Gihad Salih watches from the sidelines as two teams face off. The event, a fundraiser on an August weekend for local Sudanese aid organizations, … Read more

The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, extinguishing a dream

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BEIRUT — The swift fall of the Armenian-majority enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and exodus of much of its population has stunned the large Armenian diaspora around the world. Traumatized by genocide a century ago, they now fear the erasure of what they consider a central and beloved part of their historic homeland. The … Read more