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He left the whole thing to escape warfare in Syria. What does the warfare’s finish imply for his long term? : Imagine This from NPR

He left the whole thing to escape warfare in Syria. What does the warfare’s finish imply for his long term? : Imagine This from NPR
December 30, 2024


He left the whole thing to escape warfare in Syria. What does the warfare’s finish imply for his long term? : Imagine This from NPR

Mohammed al Refai.

Andrew Trumbull

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Andrew Trumbull

Mohammed al Refai.

Andrew Trumbull

When Syria’s dictatorship fell in early December, celebrations broke out world wide – together with just about 6,000 miles away, in Toledo, Ohio. That is the place Mohammed al-Refai, a refugee from Syria, lives now. NPR has adopted his tale for just about a decade.In 2015, tens of millions of Syrians fled the civil warfare of their nation. al-Refai were given a visa to come back to the U.S. His oldsters and siblings, who fled to Jordan, didn’t. So, he moved on his personal to Toledo, the place constructed a brand new existence for himself. He lengthy dreamed of visiting his circle of relatives and possibly, in the future, returning to Syria.With the Syrian civil warfare now over, we talked to al-Refai about what comes subsequent. For sponsor-free episodes of Imagine This, join Imagine This+ by means of Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.E-mail us at considerthis@npr.org.

This episode was once produced through Matt Ozug and Michael Levitt. It was once edited through John Ketchum. Our government manufacturer is Sami Yenigun.

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