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Hayder Al-Suhail: Cancer-free far from Iraqi home

January 21st, 2012 by Alyssa Cough | No Comments

Hayder Al-Suhail: Cancer-free far from Iraqi home

Shortly after arriving and receiving treatment, Al-Suhail told his mother he was cured. He lied. Now every time he calls his mother, she greets him with the same question: “Are you sure you’re cancer free?” she asks, “because I don’t believe you anymore.”


An American dream, permission pending

January 15th, 2012 by Karen Chen, Emily Jan, Adam Sege, Priyanka Tilve | No Comments

An American dream, permission pending

Eugene Peba made it to America. Now he’s waiting to hear if he can stay.


Getting by after Iraq with help from friends

December 23rd, 2011 by Jasmyne McDonald | No Comments

Getting by after Iraq with help from friends

He traveled with a suitcase and handbag filled with clothes, pictures and his laptop to Chicago where he was received by his uncle. An officer welcomed him, saying, “you’ve done more for the United States than most people have.”


Turning frustration into a future: Maysam Sarfean’s mission

December 22nd, 2011 by Priya Krishnakumar | No Comments

Turning frustration into a future: Maysam Sarfean’s mission

Sarfean’s tendency to gravitate towards the intellectually stimulating is what dominated his former life in Iraq. It is this very tendency that makes his new life in America so very frustrating.


Abdulkarim Lazim’s painful silver lining

December 21st, 2011 by Julia Anaya | No Comments

Abdulkarim Lazim’s painful silver lining

A few people enter the small, one-room house, speaking several different languages. Darfurian refugee Abdulkarim Lazim tries to understand everything…


Ahlam Mahmoud’s mission: Easing the Iraqi struggle

December 20th, 2011 by Jake Rosner | No Comments

Ahlam Mahmoud’s mission: Easing the Iraqi struggle

Crying, and clutching her stomach to keep herself from succumbing to overwhelming panic, Ahlam made up her mind. “From that second, I swore to God I would never leave any Iraqis to suffer what I suffered, to feel when I first came.”


The end of an era: Russian refugee Victoria Shelegina beats the clock

December 20th, 2011 by Janalynn Pugh | No Comments

The end of an era: Russian refugee Victoria Shelegina beats the clock

Kira immigrated to Skokie from Moscow only a few months earlier, on Sept. 1, with her parents… The move was nearly 14 years in the making and just in time, for by Sept. 30, the U.S. would no longer process Russians claiming refugee status.




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