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vlogbrothers - Syrian Refugees in the United States

submitted by eric3579

7 years 10 months 1 week ago

John meets with Syrian refugees Mufak, Nada, and their five kids in Amman, Jordan, and then a few months later shortly after the family's resettlement in Rockford, Illinois.

Thanks first to Mufak, Nada, their children, and their relatives for being so generous both in Amman and in the United States. Thanks also to Rosianna (http://youtube.com/rosianna), who joined me on both trips and captured much of the footage, and to UNHCR, the UN's Refugee Agency, for introducing me to the family and providing translators.

And thanks to Mark Olsen for his excellent graphic detailing the vetting process refugees go through before being accepted for resettlement in the U.S. You can learn more about that process here: http://refugees.org/wp-content/upload...

Join me in signing UNHCR's With Refugees petition: http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/petit...

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PlayhousePals

Those Green boys! Mama raised them right!

Boy, Howdy!

PlayhousePals

Those Green boys! Mama raised them right!

this is exactly way i think it's important to separate "islam" from "muslims" and why i think the critique of the ideology needs to give its followers the opportunity to adapt. islam may be rigid, have its problems, and may even be "incompatible with civilization" (a sentiment i don't necessarily share) but there is nothing like opportunity, upward mobility, and freedom of expression to shake the foundations of rigid religious ideology and bring people, whatever their belief, into the fold of cultural, civil, and intellectual advancement.

PlayhousePals

By Gum!

Boy, Howdy!

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kingmob says...

That cheered me....with the whole gun control issue all over the sift. This was refreshing.

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