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Consul General Jo Ellen Powell meets children at the mosque of the Turkish-Islamic Society of Bad Homburg
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December 10, 2006. Consul General Jo Ellen Powell visited the mosque of the Turkish-Islamic Society of Bad Homburg on Sunday, December 10. During her visit the Consul General had the opportunity to listen to songs and poems in both Turkish and German performed by children who attend school there on the weekends for religious instruction.
Ms. Powell also discussed the program "Windows on America," which Ambassador Timken and his wife initiated earlier in the year. The program sends young students in Germany between the ages of 15 - 17 to the U.S. to get personally acquainted with Americans and the American way of life. Enter Photogallery | Exhibition Catalogue: Mosques in the United States and Canada
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