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He stayed resilient and positive. Journeying to the United States under asylum--and still a boy--Dawit found a new purpose in an unfamiliar land. Against impossible odds, he studied hard and was accepted to Johns Hopkins University, eventually landing a job as a software engineer at Bloomberg. After a few years, with the support of Michael Bloomberg himself, Dawit returned to his homeland to offer business opportunities for other Eritreans. Dawit found a way to help his ancestral land emerge from thirty years of debilitating war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eGratitude in Low Voices\u003c\/i\u003e is about how one man was marginalized, but how compassion and love never abandoned him. It's about learning how to care for family, and how to honor those who help the helpless. The life of a refugee is hard, and the lives of those in war-torn lands are harder still. 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This book is a reaffirmation of the good that people can do and how one young man succeeded despite the odds against him.\"--\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52539737538833,"sku":"NLS9781948122856","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52757422440721,"sku":"NIN9781948122856","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781948122856.jpg?v=1760685109"},{"product_id":"roots-of-grace-book-dawit-gebremichael-habte-9781957588421","title":"Roots of Grace","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful, intergenerational memoir that traces one family's journey through war, exile, faith, and resilience, \u003ci\u003eRoots of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about the identity we inherit and what we choose to carry forward.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoots of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, intergenerational memoir that weaves personal history with the untold story of Eritrea. 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