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    www .loungung .com. Loung Ung ( Khmer: អ៊ឹង លួង; born 19 November 1970) is a Cambodian-American human-rights activist, lecturer and national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World from 1997 to 2003. She has served in the same capacity for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which is affiliated with the ...

  2. Aug 3, 2017 · For the next five years, Ung was separated from her parents (they were killed by the Khmer Rouge) and siblings, tortured, held in captivity, and forced to train as a child soldier, before finally...

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  4. As a survivor of the Cambodian genocide, Ung has faced her share of pain and loss, the story she laid bare in the memoirs First They Killed My Father and Lucky Child: the deaths of her parents and two siblings, transitioning to life as a refugee in America, and her hard-fought path to quell the demons of her past.

  5. Jul 27, 2016 · Spoiler alert: Ung landed in Cleveland, where she lives with husband (and college sweetheart) Mark Priemer. On top of Ung's roles as best-selling author, human rights activist, world...

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  6. LOUNG UNG. Author, activist and co-screenplay writer of First They Killed My Father, now a film streaming on Netflix directed by Angelina Jolie, Loung Ung utilizes storytelling to create resilience and healing narratives from the pages to screen. Loung began her activism work in 1993 as a Community Educator for a domestic shelter in Maine, and ...

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  7. Jan 26, 2000 · About the author. Loung Ung. 8 books404 followers. An author, lecturer, and activist, Loung Ung has advocated for equality, human rights, and justice in her native land and worldwide for more than fifteen years. Ung lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband.

  8. Apr 12, 2005 · Loung has visited Cambodia over 40 times since leaving the country. She likes to eat fried crickets and ride her tandem bike with her husband Mark, who is her partner/owner in three restaurants and a microbrewery–Bright Side, Nano Brew and Market Garden Brewery–in Cleveland, Ohio.

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