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Refugee families talk about food and thanksgiving

by Robin Garr » Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:24 pm

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Alex Radhi from Baghdad; Noor Sayeed and her father, Shaker Ali from Mosul; and Jennifer, Yuniel and Yessica Reyes from Havana.
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A story for LEO Weekly that started out as a piece about what three refugee families are having for Thanksgiving dinner turned into a story about their lives and what they are thankful for, because I really couldn't write it any other way.

Our newest neighbors blend new and old traditions for Thanksgiving
BY ROBIN GARR
If you really want to see the spirit of Thanksgiving, try viewing it through the eyes of our most-recently arrived neighbors. When you’re thankfully celebrating a new home, but holding memories of the old one, there’s nothing that says “thanks” any better than having both roast turkey and ropa vieja, or crispy falafel, on the table.
http://www.leoweekly.com/2016/11/old-tr ... nksgiving/
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Re: Refugee families talk about food and thanksgiving

by TP Lowe » Fri Nov 25, 2016 8:57 am

Terrific article, Robin -
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Re: Refugee families talk about food and thanksgiving

by Robin Garr » Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:18 am

TP Lowe wrote:Terrific article, Robin -

Thanks. :oops: It seemed ... timely.
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Re: Refugee families talk about food and thanksgiving

by michael.powell » Fri Dec 02, 2016 1:45 am

Really nice piece, and extremely important right now.
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Re: Refugee families talk about food and thanksgiving

by Robin Garr » Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:26 am

michael.powell wrote:Really nice piece, and extremely important right now.

Hey, Michael. Thanks, and good to see you in the forum.

The story came to me as an assignment to talk to refugees about what they were eating for Thanksgiving, which sounds like a story the CJ Food Section might do. I was not going to take it on without putting food in the broader perspective, though, because, as you said, that's extremely important right now.

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