What My Yemeni Friend Taught Me About Living in Limbo

In the wake of Trump’s travel ban, migrants continue to face an uneasy future

Nisa Dang
ZORA
Published in
8 min readJul 31, 2019

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Illustration: Anna Kuptsova

II arrived at Djibouti-Ambouli Airport on January 29, 2017. My first observation, upon stepping off the small regional aircraft and exposing myself to Djibouti’s sweltering heat, was that I had packed incorrectly. My luggage, which would be…

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Nisa Dang
ZORA
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Nisa Dang (she/they) is a political strategist with a background in voting rights, Black liberation, and immigration work. Read more at http://www.nisadang.co.