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16 December, 2020 The Jebbos, (from left, at back) Asmaa, Amal, Fatima El Hussein (the mother), Abdallah (at front), Allam (the father), Amina (on her fatherâs lap), Anas (at front) and Mohammad, sitting at their home in Winnipeg. (Maan Alhmidi)
When Allam Jebbo and his wife Fatima El Hussein fled Syria for Canada via Lebanon, they had one thing in their minds: moving to a safe place where their children could go to school.
The family was sponsored by the Canadian government after being nominated in 2016 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon. Since landing as refugees more than three years ago, they have been living with their six children in a three-bedroom townhouse on Rose Avenue in downtown Winnipeg. Now, they call this place home, and they are ready to apply to become Canadian citizens.