to the story. even if you re not a refugee you could just relate to the struggle of working, trying to take care of your family. the spiritual struggle that comes with it. it s a beautiful thing to see people s reaction. it s beautiful. you say the story is uniquely yours but obviously it s resonating with a lot of people and it will resonate with a lot of people who may not even be familiar with the palestinian experience or the immigrant refugee experience. what do you want viewers to take away from this story? your story? this show? i mean, it s really important to understand this is a story about belonging. about feeling equal to the next person x to you. and anybody could relate to that that s having problems fitting it. that doesn t have to be an immigrant refugee story, but to understand how organized the immigration system is. how long it actually takes people think when you get to
that s what we committed to public service for, for two decades or more. yev, you came here, as your brother says, at the young age of 4. as you grew up, what was your experience as a refugee? what was your experience as an immigrant in the united states? how do you believe that it s a different experience for a refugee trying to come here now? first of all, willie, thanks for having us here today. it is a real treat for me to be on the show with alex. you know, our refugee experience 30 well, 42 years ago, we came very young. our dad bored the full brunt of the refugee experience. not speaking the language, coming to a brand-new country with a young family, hauling furniture for $20 a day until he learned enough english to become a new york city engineer and really start a new life. for us, we were very young. we were very resilient.
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