Asla (left) and Mariam Al-Khafaji came to America from Iraq nearly 10 years ago. (All images courtesy of the Al-Khafaji family; photoshop by The Free Press)
- To Mariam and Asla, America was both beautiful and pockmarked. But they believed in it, because here they became the people they were meant to be...
...On July Fourth, the Al-Khafajis will celebrate their arrival in this country, and they’ll remember the long, tortuous road to this place, and the long road ahead, and they’ll do what they always do on the Fourth.
They’ll pile into the family’s Honda Odyssey and drive up to Buffalo, which, like Erie, has a large community of refugees and immigrants from all over the world.
There’s a Yemeni restaurant there that they like.
It serves, according to the sisters, a solid lamb and rice dish.
- Then, they’ll head on to Niagara Falls, a half hour away, and watch the fireworks over the falls.
- They’ll take pictures with their phones, and enjoy the lovely nighttime breeze, and then they’ll climb back in the car and drive home."
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