Hosted by Robert Scheer24 Mar 2017

Boyah J. Farah: A voice for refugees

Boyah J. Farah's nonfiction work has been featured in Salon, the Guardian and Truthdig. Farah, who came to the United States in 1993 as a teenage refugee, participated in the memoir incubator at GrubStreet (a creative writing school) in Boston.

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Boston Public Radio Staff6 Jul 2017

Boston Write-in at the BPL

On Friday people of all backgrounds gathered on the steps of the Boston Public Library for an afternoon of writing and storytelling in support of recent immigrants and refugees. Two of those writers, Boyah J. Farah and Gazmend Kapllani participated in the event.

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UMASS BOSTONSep 2017

Race, Immigration Among Topics at Joiner Institute’s 30th Annual Writers’ Workshop

UMass Boston’s William Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences hosted its 30th annual Writers’ Workshop in June, offering an opportunity to study with and learn from award-winning poets and writers.

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