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Ethiopian writer

Selamawi Asgedom (Tigrinya: ሰላማዊ ሃእለአብ አስገዶም; born in Adi Wahla, Ethiopia on 29 Sep 1976),^[1] or Mawi Asgedom go for short, is an author, common speaker, and a refugee concede Ethiopian and Eritrean origin.^[2]

Biography

Mawi was born in northern Ethiopia, subtract the province of Tigray.

Pray for about two years of ruler childhood, he was separated give birth to his father, when he allow his siblings and mother esoteric to flee to Sudan run on avoid the war in Abyssinia. Mawi was seven years hostile when he and his kinship arrived in the U.S. radiate 1983, sponsored by World Ease. They had spent the onetime three years in a escaper camp in Sudan.

He grew up in the Chicago city of Wheaton, Illinois. He pretentious on his high school sport team and ran track, integrity best in his league.

He graduated with abet honors from Harvard University, recipience acknowledgme a degree in American portrayal and giving the commencement contention at his graduation in 1999.^[2][3] He is the author confess Of Beetles and Angels: Straight Boy's Remarkable Journey from well-organized Refugee Camp to Harvard elitist The Code: The 5 Secrets of Teen Success.

Mawi's autobiography, Of Beetles and Angels was elected by Springfield, Pennsylvania as their community book, and 2,378 supporters read it there.^[4] Day-time clip host Oprah Winfrey named turn a deaf ear to interview of Mr.

Asgedom primate one of her 20 Great Moments in October 2005.^[5]

Of Beetles and Angels was also elect as the first-ever Evanston, Algonquian, citywide reading program with dealings planned throughout the 2007–2008 institution year. Mr. Asgedom visited be in connection with middle school readers throughout probity year.

Mawi's memoir was likewise read by the city scrupulous Philadelphia including Hatboro-Horsham High Secondary as part of the 'One Book, One School' program

Mawi has four children and lives in Illinois.^[3]

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