Think Out Loud

Geek Love Exhibit | Distracted Driving | Syrian Photographer

By Allison Frost (OPB), Dave Blanchard (OPB) and Sage Van Wing (OPB)
Portland, Oregon April 13, 2017 2:43 p.m.
From left, sisters Abeer, 4, and Fatimah, 7, try on women’s shoes in their new home in Mafraq, Jordan, February 2013. They and their extended family fled Aleppo, Syria over a year ago, after Fatimah suffered severe burns. Fatimah stood next to her mother as she was cooking on the stove when their neighboring mosque was bombed and subsequently crashed into their home, splattering hot cooking oil on her. Fatimah was 5 years old at the time.

From left, sisters Abeer, 4, and Fatimah, 7, try on women’s shoes in their new home in Mafraq, Jordan, February 2013. They and their extended family fled Aleppo, Syria over a year ago, after Fatimah suffered severe burns. Fatimah stood next to her mother as she was cooking on the stove when their neighboring mosque was bombed and subsequently crashed into their home, splattering hot cooking oil on her. Fatimah was 5 years old at the time.

Sumaya Agha

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  • A new exhibit dedicated to Portland author Katherine Dunn's celebrated book "Geek Love," is open at Lewis and Clark. Michael Mirabile curated the exhibit.
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  • Oregon lawmakers are considering tightening the state's distracted driving laws. Oregon Department of Transportation spokesperson Tom Fuller and Rep. Andy Olson join us to talk about the proposed legislation.
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  • Photojournalist Sumaya Agha joins us to discuss her new exhibit of photographs of Syrian refugees at the Also Known As Gallery in North Portland. The show is titled "Akbaduna" which literally translates to "our liver," but which suggests the vital and intrinsic role of children in the health of a society. The show opens this Saturday and runs through mid-May.

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