<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/spring-2004/seeking-refuge.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Seeking Refuge</title><excerpt>Throughout most of her childhood in Zimbabwe, Kirsten Holshausen had experiences similar to many American youngsters. She went to school and participated in activities such as swimming, music and dance. Like other white children in southern Africa, she attended a private academy with a rigorous curriculum. The all-girls institution was a boarding school where some students lived on campus, but Kirsten stayed home with her family in Harare.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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