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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Aleppo, Syria, his Kurdish family fled civil war. In Turkey, he failed to find a niche in an economy overrun with refugees. But seven months after Brimo, his wife and four of his children landed in Arizona, he has two Kia vans, a job as an electrician and a financial foothold.<\/p>\n

Story here<\/a> by Michelle Jamrisko\/Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n

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Omar Brimo wants the Arabic proverb to come true in Phoenix: “Once you live among people for 40 days, you are one with them.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1586,"featured_media":22866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1450,1138,1864,2580,2578,2579],"class_list":["post-22863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photos","tag-america","tag-david-paul-morris","tag-politics","tag-refugees","tag-syria","tag-war","product-photos"],"yoast_head":"\nRefugees Who Fled Aleppo Adapt to a New Life in Phoenix | Bloomberg Media Distribution<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2016-11-04\/refugees-fled-aleppo-adapt-new-life-phoenix\/\" \/>\n<meta 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