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    When Stars are Scattered is a graphic novel that tells the true story of Somali refugees Omar and Hassan, who lived in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya after fleeing civil war in Somalia in the early 1990s. The book was created by Victoria Jamieson and is based on Omar Mohamed's experiences being separated from his family as a child and living in the refugee camp for 18 years before resettling in the United States.

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    When Stars are Scattered is a graphic novel that tells the true story of Somali refugees Omar and Hassan, who lived in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya after fleeing civil war in Somalia in the early 1990s. The book was created by Victoria Jamieson and is based on Omar Mohamed's experiences being separated from his family as a child and living in the refugee camp for 18 years before resettling in the United States.

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    Book Report: When Stars

    are Scattered
    When Stars are Scattered is a graphic novel by Victoria
    Jamieson and Omar Mohamed. It tells the true story of Omar
    and his brother Hassan, who were Somali refugees living in
    the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Scan the code to the
    right to hear my thoughts about the book!

    About Omar Mohamed Follow Omar's organization,


    During Somalia's civil war in the early 1990s,
    Refugee Strong, on
    Omar and Hassan got separated from their
    family and had to flee their village. They Instagram!
    found a new place to live at the Dadaab
    refugee camp. After 18 years, Omar and
    Hassan got out of the camp and resettled in
    the U.S. Now, Omar lives in Pennsylvania and Setting: Dadaab, Kenya
    works to help resettle refugees. Use the QR Dadaab refugee camp was established in
    code to the right to read an interview with 1991. It is in a desert in Kenya. In 2020, it had
    Omar Mohamed. a population of 218, 873 asylum seekers and
    refugees (The UN Refugee Agency). Even
    though it is a camp, it has a hospital, schools,
    and neighborhoods. Omar recalls that fellow
    refugees referred to Dadaab as an "open
    About Victoria Jamieson prison" since they were not allowed to leave
    Victoria Jamieson is a graphic novel and had poor living conditions (Habib, 2021).
    author from the U.S. who helped tell Use the QR code below to see what a road
    Omar's story. Victoria and Omar worked near Dadaab looks like.
    closely together to ensure that the story
    would be accurate to Omar's life. Victoria
    Jamieson has also written Roller Girl and
    All's Faire in Middle School. Use the QR
    code to the right to watch an interview
    with Victoria Jamieson.

    References
    Habib, J. (2021, October 16). A refugee at 4, he felt like a lost star. Now his voice shines in a graphic memoir. NPR.
    Retrieved July 14, 2023, from https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/10/16/1044055476/a-refugee-at-4-
    he-felt-like-a-lost-star-now-his-voice-shines-in-a-graphic-memoir

    The UN Refugee Agency (n.d.). Dadaab Refugee Complex. UNHCR. Retrieved July 15, 2023, from
    https://www.unhcr.org/ke/dadaab-refugee-complex

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