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Sanaa Abdulkarims Religion

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It had been 10 years since Sanaa Abdulkarim and her family immigrated from the Middle East to the small urban city of Boise, Idaho. Sanaa had adjusted to her life fairly well. She got good grades, was kind to everyone, and made plenty of friends at her school. On June 21, 2017, however, she wasn’t thinking about school. It was summer break and she and her brother, Mohammed, were enjoying the hot day inside. It was around 4 o’clock when Mohammed had to take the trash out. While doing so, their neighbor yelled purposely within earshot of the young boy, “F*** immigrants.” Although shaken up by the event, Sanaa and her brother took no action towards the disrespectful neighbor; in fact, they forgave him. The Abdulkarims practice the religion of

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