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Saman

American  
[sah-mahn] / ˈsɑ mɑn /

noun

  1. a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.


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"We had lots of refugee camps in Kurdistan, so we practiced this idea and we named in Mshakt, that means 'the nomads or the travellers', so we created connections," oud player Saman Kareem told BBC News NI.

From BBC

Hearty Earth ambassador Saman Jamshidifard said his volunteers have started serving portions of kidney and baked beans on surplus sourdough bread at St Frideswide's Church in Oxford.

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Saman and Ali have both been monitoring social media reaction to the BBC investigation from inside the Kurdish community and say it has sparked intense anger for some.

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This was the case for our undercover reporter Saman, who, when he first came to the UK, struggled for years.

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Saman says working illegally in a car wash, barbershop or mini-mart would have been very easy to do, but he told us he would never have done that.

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