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Uzma Alam, a young Asian Muslim woman talks about life in Scotland and Abdullah Spingher, a young refugee from Afghanistan talks about his positive and negative experiences of living in Glasgow

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	Muhammad Imran Asad

	"I live my life 25 years in Pakistan and 10 years in this country, so I define myself Scottish-Pakistani"

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	Mohsen Saad

	"Scotland has given me hope. A young man like me, I do a lot of things, manage to pursue my dream"

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	Stephanie Chan

	"I think it's important for anyone to recognise their roots and to keep their traditions alive"

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	Fariha Thomas

	"It's hard when people say you're not wanted, you don't belong in this country"

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	Mohammad Asif

	"It's awful to be a refugee, to leave your parents, your country, your wife, your children"

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	George Wilson

	"When people know I'm from the Gypsy traveller community they normally think that I always go round dirty, or I'm a criminal"

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	Mercy Kamanja

	"I don't think people understand issues around asylum seekers"

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	Abdullah Spingher 1

	"it's 3 years I've been living in Glasgow from the time I came until now, everything has been changed"

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	Uzma Alam 1

	"I would regard myself just as Scottish as anyone else from the indigenous community in Scotland"

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	Abdullah Spingher 2

	"Some people don't like school but for me, it was the happiest day of my life getting back to school"

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	Uzma Alam 2

	"there was more racism with the hijab than without it because you're a visible minority"

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	Peter Akyeampong

	"If you open up and explain things to people in the nicest possible way you seem to get on fine"

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	Chung Wong

	"I must have been the first Chinese boy to have been in my primary school"

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