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Exile in Uganda and Victory in Raqqa: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing

The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
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Anne Ackermann | “To document migration from within Africa, I met the young women in Kampala’s Little Mogadishu, for whom exile felt like life in a parallel universe. Connected to family, friends, and dates all over the world almost 24/7, they seemingly maintain their bonds through telephone, internet, social media, rotating wedding videos, and gossip rather than living in the actual country they

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