When Syria’s dictatorship fell in early December, celebrations broke out around the world – including nearly 6,000 miles away, in Toledo, Ohio. That’s where Mohammed al-Refai, a refugee from Syria, lives now. NPR has followed his story for nearly a decade. In 2015, millions of Syrians fled the civil war in their country. al-Refai got…
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