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Sunday, September 04, 2011

On Somalia Street, Istanbul, African migrants seek a new life - The National

On Somalia Street, Istanbul, African migrants seek a new life

Thomas Seibert
Sep 5, 2011
African immigrants on the streets of the Kumkapi district in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL // When the muezzin's call for the dhuhr prayer rang out from the Katip Kasim Mosque in a rundown neighbourhood of Istanbul this week, dozens of men arrived. But it was no ordinary crowd that gathered midday in the mosque: about half of the men were Africans.

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