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Somali youth learn to navigate a divided US city

The New England state of Maine is home to many Somali refugees, but fitting in hasn't always been easy. There's even tension among Somali communities - between those who arrived first and those who came later. That plays out quite a bit in Maine’s second largest city, Lewiston.

Image: Two Somali Bantu women walking in a Somali neighbourhood in Lewiston, Maine. Credit: Phillip Martin/WGBH

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