A Whole New World -- Iraqi Translator Brings Family to Valley
Yakima Herald-Republic › December 14, 2007
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By ELOSA RUANO GONZLEZ
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A Whole New World -- Iraqi Translator Brings Family to Valley
Rami waved a seat cushion and flung plastic toy blocks in the air hoping to shoo away the snowflakes falling from the misty sky. The toddler then yelped when his father, Mohammed, gently tried to shove him into the white powder.
The snowfall is a first for the nearly 2-year-old Rami. But he doesn't like it, said his 25-year-old mother, Randa, laughing as she watched from the door of the small apartment they were staying in temporarily for free.These days, snow is one of the many "firsts" for the Iraqi family, who arrived in the Yakima Va...See the full content of this document
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