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Sumaya Muhamed and her mother Suad Abdulla pose after Suad s second vaccine dose at the Salahadeen Center in Nashville. After weeks of affectionate cajoling and patient explanation, Muhamed convinced her mother to get the shot. Blake Farmer / WPLN
On a sloppy spring day in mid-March, hundreds of Kurdish Americans gathered in a field outside Nashville under a sea of black umbrellas. Some of the men carried a stretcher to an open grave, where a yellow backhoe waited.
In accordance with Muslim tradition, the body of Imad Doski a prominent community leader was buried within 24 hours of his death. He was another casualty of COVID-19.
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