Alumnus Journey Spotlights Refugee Plight
For years after he came to the U.S. from Iran, Amin Arvin Attari, BS ’21, refused to call himself a refugee. Now, he has embraced the word as a point of pride.
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Alumnus Journey Spotlights Refugee Plight
For years after he came to the U.S. from Iran, Amin Arvin Attari, BS ’21, refused to call himself a refugee. Now, he has embraced the word as a point of pride.
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B.A. '25, Political Science, Minor in Journalism and Mass Communication