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The things they brought If you were moving to a new country, what would you pack? Local residents show us the special things they didn't want to leave behind.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-MAY-05 		Format: Online - approximately 1061 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The things they brought If you were moving to a new country, what would you pack? Local residents show us the special things they didn't want to leave behind.(Suburban Living)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jamie Sotonoff Daily Herald Staff Writer

Many immigrants and refugees arrive in America with little or no luggage.

For financial or practical reasons, they have to leave most, if not all, of their personal possessions behind.

Those lucky enough to bring a suitcase or two usually fill them with clothes, personal hygiene items and family photos.

But sometimes they'll stick in a sentimental item: an old cookbook in their native language. A grandmother's ring. A childhood diary.

No matter what other possessions they eventually acquire, these special things from home remain some of their most treasured belongings.

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Two months ago, Fiyori Tadesse, 18, and Temesgen Manengena, 27, were living in a thatch-roofed hut in an Ethiopian refugee camp. They fled there four years ago to escape the violence and political unrest in their native (and neighboring) Eritrea.

On April 17, with help from World Relief in Wheaton, the husband and wife moved to Glen...

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