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February 7, 2020

Abdi the American

This episode will be available Sunday 7 p.m. CT.

Abdi Nor in Nairobi. Credit: Leo Hornak

We return to our story about Abdi Nor from 2015, with some big news about his life today. When we first broadcast the story, Abdi was a Somali refugee living in Kenya desperately trying – against long odds – to get to the United States. Then he got the luckiest break of his life: he won a lottery that puts him on a short list for a U.S. visa. But before he could cash in his golden ticket, the police started raiding his neighborhood, targeting refugees.

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