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Asians Around Appalachia: Mahnoor Jafri
Mahnoor Jafri is a Pakistani-American high school senior from Morgantown, West Virginia. She participates in karate and tutors other...
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Aug 19, 20252 min read


Asians Around Appalachia: Ethan Liu
Ethan Liu is a Chinese-American high school senior from Morgantown, West Virginia. At school, he’s involved in a variety of activities...
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Aug 19, 20252 min read


Asians Around Appalachia: Lisa Kwong
A native of Radford, Virginia, Lisa Kwong is AppalAsian, an Affrilachian Poet, and author of Becoming AppalAsian (Glass Lyre Press), a...
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Aug 12, 20254 min read


Asians Around Appalachia: Ryan Chen
From Morgantown, West Virginia, Ryan Chen is a Chinese-American student heading into his senior year of high school. He's involved in...
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Aug 11, 20252 min read


History Repeats Itself: Appalachia, the China Initiative, and Qian Xuesen
When my dad told me that he had been accused of being a spy for the Chinese Communist Party and had been under investigation for years,...
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Jul 1, 20254 min read


New Vrindaban: Appalachia's Surprising History With Hare Krishna
Among West Virginia’s many iconic landmarks, ranging from the State’s Capitol to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, one stands out quite...
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Jun 26, 20253 min read


Ho Feng-Shan: Forgotten Holocaust Hero
Credited with saving at least 1,200 lives during the Holocaust, Oskar Schindler’s story is recounted in the critically acclaimed...
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Jun 25, 20253 min read
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