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Mawi and his family moved from their home in Adi Wahla, Ethiopia, to a refugee camp in Umsagata, Sudan
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Mawi was almost killed by this disease. His body eventually fully recovered
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Mawi and his family move to the Chicago, Illinois.
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Habesha women came to visit Mawi and his family. Mawi's mother called them angels
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Mawi's father begins the stress the importance on school. He told them that being a strong student is the only way for them to have opportunities to succeed and get into a University
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Mawi and his brother began to get in fights often at school. It got so bad, that the principal of Longfellow called Mawi's father and threatened to expel them. Mawi's father told them that they are to never fight in school again
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Mawi and his brother loved Halloween. They put their brains to work and came up with plans to steal candy from everyone in their neighborhood.
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Tewolde and Mawi give their food to a man in need
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Tewolde starts his own cleaning business
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Mawi and Tewolde get jobs
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Tewolde is killed by a drunk driver.
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Mawi tells the story of his dad's pharmacy
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Mawi tells the story about his father moving to Sudan for safety.
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Mawi tells the story of how his father would make him and his brother go on 2 mile runs every morning.
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Mawi tells the story of how his father got into trouble for burning piles of leaves at a city park.
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Mawi tells the story of how he started to take advanced classes and performed well in them.
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Mawi joins the track team and has great success.
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Mawi's father was killed by a drunk driver.
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Mawi graduates from Harvard
