A SILENT JOURNEY — PART I OF II

In a New Land,
Hoping to Hear

Har Sin, a 24-year-old deaf refugee from Burma, never imagined he could convey those complex emotions only hinted at in his expressive eyes — about how he felt, what he feared, what his dreams were — to anyone but himself.

Then he made a discovery.

A Silent Journey (PDF)

Dagny Salas was web editor at Voice of San Diego from 2010 to 2013. She was an investigative fellow at VOSD from 2009 to 2010.

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