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 around the globe – together with almost 6,000 miles away, in Toledo, Ohio.
That is the place Mohammed al-Refai, a refugee from Syria, lives now. NPR has adopted his story for almost a decade.
In 2015, hundreds of thousands of Syrians fled the civil struggle of their nation. al-Refai bought a visa to return to the U.S. His mother and father and siblings, who fled to Jordan, didn’t. So, he moved on his personal to Toledo, the place constructed a brand new life for himself.
He lengthy dreamed of visiting his household and possibly, someday, returning to Syria.
With the Syrian civil struggle now over, we talked to al-Refai about what comes subsequent.
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