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Getting Here

“W ewere respected professionalswhenwe lived inEgypt,”AhmedMaloof explains. “I taught high school, and my wife, Salwa, was a school counselor. Although things are very different for us here in New York, we don’t

Words to Understand Arab a member of the Arabic-speaking people displaced persecution, or natural disaster emissary a person sent on a special mission literate able to read and write

forced to leave home, generally because of war,

Ottoman Empire an empire created by Turkish tribes that lasted more than 600 years. At its peak, it controlled large portions of the Middle East, including what is now Syria, Israel, and Egypt, as well as most of southeastern Europe and other places. peddler a person who sells goods from a mobile site, such as a cart or truck persecution criticism, danger, or threats made against a person due to their religious or ethnic background

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