Name: Dear Maine: The Trials and Triumphs of Maine's 21st Century Immigrants, Paperback/Reza Jalali
Brand: Islandport Press
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Dear Maine, written by Morgan Rielly, an author and state senator, and Reza Jalali, a former refugee and executive director of the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, recounts the trails and triumphs of 20 immigrants who have arrived in Maine over the past few decades. Dear Maine includes black and white photographic portraits by Lilit Danielyan. Reza Jalali is a writer, educator, human rights activist, and current executive director of the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center. He also serves on Amnesty International USA's Board of Directors. He has taught at the University of Southern Maine and Bangor Theological Seminary, and advised Muslim students at Bowdoin and Bates College. Jalali was a contributing writer to Child Labor: A Global View . He also wrote Moon Watchers , a children's book, and Homesick Mosque and Other Stories , a collection of short stories. Lilit Danielyan is a self-taught visual artist, currently based in Portland, Maine. She was born in Armenia but grew in Central Kazakhstan, where her family moved shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 2012, Lilit moved to the United States on her own, looking to further her education. Since 2015, she has been working on documentary photography projects shot between three countries, exploring the subjects of identity, belonging, and nostalgia. In 2017, Lilit's photo-essay Ta tik about her grandmother received an Honorable Mention at the International Documentary Photography Competition for stud