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Famous refugees challenge


June 26, 2009
By The IRC
Which of the following people are refugees? - The Dalai Lama, leader-in-exile and Nobel Laureate - Nadia Comaneci, Olympic gymnast - Mikhail Baryshnikov, dancer - Gloria Estefan, Grammy Award winning singer - Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State Find out when you take the IRC's World Refugee Day quiz honoring refugees — and their incredible accomplishments, histories and life stories. Take the quiz and challenge your friends at www.theIRC.org/refugeequiz. (A generous donor will give the IRC $1 for every person who takes the quiz. Help us meet our $15,000 goal!) Know of other famous refugees? Leave a comment and tell us about them.
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum Edward

Submitted by Kelly (not verified) on June 27, 2009 - 10:20am.

Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Edward Said
Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yotanka)
Sigmund Freud
M.I.A (Ms. Arulpragasam)
Alek Wek
Wyclef Jean
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Moses
Jesus
Muhammad
Isabel Allende
Lidia Bastianich

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