"“If you do anything for yourself, you feel guilty. . . . You
have so many more things to do,” said Nakhla, 29, a political asylee who is
working as a program specialist at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Until last year, he had been a
political science student living in an Alawite section of Damascus.
For many asylees who come to the United States, their political engagement dries up as they lose their connections with home and struggle to earn a living. But Washington, with its think tanks and politically engaged expat communities, offers more opportunities for involvement for people like Nakhla, who is still deeply entrenched in the war in Syria." (thanks Electronic Ali)
For many asylees who come to the United States, their political engagement dries up as they lose their connections with home and struggle to earn a living. But Washington, with its think tanks and politically engaged expat communities, offers more opportunities for involvement for people like Nakhla, who is still deeply entrenched in the war in Syria." (thanks Electronic Ali)
