Refugees: Containers and Students

refugees: Organizers of The Portal say refugees will share their stories from identical shipping containers in Berlin, Germany; Amman, Jordan; Gaza City, Palestine and Erbil, Iraq, according to Metro News. The containers are outfitted with audio and video technology that will make the students and refugees feel like they're physically in the same space. A specially equipped shipping container at Harvard University is giving students the rare chance to connect with Syrian refugees a world away. Students from Harvard and nearby Cambridge Rindge and Latin School are expected to take part in the conversations that run from Saturday to Tuesday. The containers have turned up in Havana, Cuba; Tehran, Iran; Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City and Kigali, Rwanda, among other places. The project was launched by Shared Studios, a Brooklyn-based arts and technology collective, in 2014. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.