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The story of this Syrian family - which has adopted Pakistan as a home, and wants to live and die for its people - highlights how cross-cultural interaction increase social harmony and understanding about people and remove stereotypes. For example, this Syrian family has been living for the last 25 years in Karachi without a single bad incident in this otherwise volatile metropolis. This 44-year old Syrian for his successful work of exporting human resource to various companies working in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa and some countries of Europe.In post-9/11 situation, he has continued and rather accelerated his business by sending Pakistani manpower to the world and attracting attention of manpower seeking companies across the globe.

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Producer: Alia Turki al-Rabeo
Duration: 4.25 Min
Team: Alia Turki al-Rabeo in Darra and Damascus, Syria
Naveed Ahmad in Karachi and Islamabad
Ruzanna Tantushyan in Chicago, United States

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