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‘Now I’m Here, Where Everything Is Green’
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‘Now I’m Here, Where Everything Is Green’

“When you’re not used to the noises and how loud they are, it’s kind of terrifying, but then you really get used to it,” Aboukhater said. A recent transfer student to Boston College, Layla Aboukhater escaped Syria’s escalating violence in Nov. 2014 alongside her father.

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