The Rais Bhuiyan Interview
Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters · Global Dispatches
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Show Notes
Rais Bhuiyan has an absolutely incredible and very moving story. In the days after the September 11th attacks in the United States, Bhuiyan -- an immigrant to the US from Bangladesh -- was working behind the counter at a gas station in Texas when he was shot in the face by a white supremacist who was on a killing spree and looking for foreigners to murder.
After surviving the attack, Bhuiyan embarked on an improbable journey of peace and reconciliation, seeking to prevent his attacker from the death penalty.
He is the founder of the NGO World Without Hate and this episode was recorded in 2014.