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Local Teen Poet Focuses On Syria In Latest Book

A girl leaning against a piano with a painting on the wall.

May 6, 2016 – Ludella Awad has watched the crisis in Syria unfold on television from her home in Albuquerque, but she has a personal connection to that country. Awad is Syrian-American and she still has family in the country. Awad has published two books of poetry. Her latest “Sad Piano Music in Syria” is…

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Foreign Exchange Students Build Relationships In New Mexico And Abroad

Two muslim women sitting at a table with mugs.

March 25, 2016 – Producer Sarah Gustavus sits down this week with participants from the AFS foreign exchange program about the value of cross-cultural relationships. New Mexico resident Kathryn Fleddermann spent a year in Turkey through the YES exchange program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State and sponsored by the Bureau of Educational & Cultural…

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