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We left our country because the Taliban tried to kill my husband several times.

With the annexation of Crimea, there was a great deal of fear and fighting. Vitalii and Lidiia wanted a better life for their children.

We want to be somewhere that is far from danger, somewhere safe.

Then one of my friends got arrested in a park.

Wife, mother of three. Now a refugee seeking a better future for her family.

A husband, a father, a mechanic. Now a refugee.

I brought my daughters here for their sake

She was targeted by the Taliban for teaching school.

Tabish's journey to safety sounds like text from a fiction-thriller book.

I just want to live in a safe place where everyone can live in peace.

Mahommad is five-years-old and just moved here.

Tiba exudes joy.

Sakina’s favorite thing about being in America is that it is safe and she gets to go to school.

In September 2016, Mohaned & Zainab arrived in Binghamton, Alabama with nothing.

In Iraq, Zainab was a stay-at-home mom and Mohaned was a taxi driver.

We only want to live in peace and safety.

It’s the situation that is the horrible… thing. It’s not the people in it.

What we try to hand out is [empathy from] a human to a human.

People were … going up and down in their daily lives, not noticing, not seeing.

Our inherent value and worth as human beings.