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Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:00 AM

American dreamers

The Kesbeh family were called the Palestinian Cleavers when they were deported to Jordan after 9/11. Now living in dire conditions, they are determined to get back to the U.S., the only place they call home.
By Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Saturday, September 9, 2006 10:19 PM

    In this case

    I think it's to our advantage to have families like the Kesbeh's in the US. Given the conflicts between the US and the Arab world, we need people like these to be a bridge and an example, to show that the American way of life and Arab cultures are not incompatible.

    I also think the earlier poster's comment about the uneasy status of Palestinians is well-taken. They have no country to return to.

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