dr. warsame. salaam aleikum. hi. how are you? warsameme: how are e you? wanguthi: i'm good, man. warsame: [indistinct] wanguthi: thank you so much. howow are you, my sisteter? are y you good? yes. everything is finine? warsame: [indistinct] [wanguthi speaking native language] yes. [men speaking native language] warsame: most of the time these youth are becoming gangsters anand hopeless because o of a lk ofof identity. they create an identity by joining gangs. thahat's whwhy we decidided to-- to create an i identity for them to teach them somali culturaral dance, to teach themem about the language even, to teach them about the past of somalia, to teach them at least to create something for them to be proud of. [dance music playing] hamon-sharpe: why the urbaban refugees a are here? t they-- they have not t made, uh, a choe to cocome. they w were forced at some point to leave theirr houses, theirir loved onenes, everythingng that they had for ththeir safetyty, and ththen ended u up in nairobi. they coud have endeded up anywhere else. so, it''s not a a choice to bece a rerefugee. ann

dr. warsame. salaam aleikum. hi. how are you? warsamehow are you? wanguthi: i'm good, man. warsame: [indistinct] wanguthi: thank you so much. how are you, my sister? are you good? yes. everything is fine? warsame: [indistinct] [wanguthi speaking native language] yes. [men speaking native language] warsame: most of the time these youth are becoming gangsters and hopeless because of a lack of identity. they create an identity by joining gangs. th's whwe decid to-- to create an identity for them to teach them somali cultural nce, to ach them about the language even, to teach them about the past of somalia, to teach them at least to create something for them to be proud of. [dance music playing] hamon-sharpe: why the urban fugees a here? they-- theyave not made, uh, a choice to come. they were forced at some point to leave their houses, their loved ones, everything that th had for their safety, and then ended up in nairobi. they could have ended up anywhere else. so, it's not a choice to become a refugee. and these people are extremely courageous and resilient. they fend for the