The Thriving Ethiopian Community in Texas

D Magazine BY: CRISTINA DAGLAS Birhan Mekonnen Birhan “Mac” Mekonnen is standing on hisbalcony, surveying acres of land, reflecting on what he’s built. The balcony rests just below the most unique architectural feature of his home in Heath—a dome modeled after Fasil Castle in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is Mekonnen’s hometown, the hometown he fled in 1977,

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The Thriving Ethiopian Community in Texas

D Magazine BY: CRISTINA DAGLAS Birhan Mekonnen Birhan “Mac” Mekonnen is standing on hisbalcony, surveying acres of land, reflecting on what he’s built. The balcony rests just below the most unique architectural feature of his home in Heath—a dome modeled after Fasil Castle in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is Mekonnen’s hometown, the hometown he fled in 1977,

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