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Dawit Gebremichael Habte fled his homeland of Eritrea as a teenager. In the midst of the ongoing Eritrean-Ethiopian war, Dawit and his sisters crossed illegally into Kenya. Without their parents or documents to help their passage, they experienced the abuse and neglect known by so many refugees around the world. But he refused to give up. He stayed resilient and positive. Journeying to the United States under asylum--and still a boy--he 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. He found a way to help his ancestral land emerge from thirty years of debilitating war. Gratitude in Low Voices 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. This account reminds us that hope is not lost.

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Dawit Gebremichael Habte is an Eritrean American father, husband, software engineer, and writer. Raised in a tiny village in Eritrea, he fled to Kenya as a teenager and then sought asylum in the United States. His story has been featured in The New York Times and other notable publications. He currently works for Bloomberg and lives with his wife and five children in Maryland. Benjamin Alfred Onyango is an experienced narrator, actor, and musician. Having received his bachelor's degree in computer science from the California State University, he conducts a winter and summer camp for children with high-functioning autism and teaches them how to write scripts, shoot, and edit. When not narrating, he enjoys performing regularly with his band In Lieu Of. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

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