Explaining The Syrian Refugee Crisis: 17 Photo-Enhanced Personal Stories

A Syrian woman carries her child from a tent fire at Zattari refugee camp on the Syria-Jordan border. 

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From Fred Owens' "Frog Hospital"

Syrian refugees, personal accounts. This is an excellent story-plus-video in the Washington Post about the lives of 17 different individuals who have fled from Syria to camps in adjoining countries....... This is the best story I have seen on the crisis...... It's not about the over-all struggle and the politics, it's about how individuals and families try to continue their lives.

Explaining The Syrian Refugee Crisis: 18 Stories from the Syrian Exodus
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/syrian-refugees/story/refuge/

Syrian Refugees In Our Midst. There is a community of Syrian immigrants in Santa Barbara where I live. I talked to one of them at the local convenience store where he works. He said he came from Syria on a tourist visa in January, 2011, before the war started. Now he says he can't go home. His wife and his small son are left behind in Syria. He can't get them a visa. I said, can you send them money? He said yes, but what is money? He is my son and I can't see him, I can't go home...... I couldn't say much after that, I shook his hand and wished him the best and then I left.

The Best Defense Against Terrorism. Organic gardening and farming is the number one defense against international terrorism. Evidence? There has never been a successful terrorist attack against an organic farm or garden in the United States. And this has been done without SWAT teams in armored vehicles or surveillance cameras.

What is there about a garden, a farm, or a ranch that makes it peaceful? What is there about a shopping mall, a public school, or an airport, that makes it dangerous? I can't tell you in so many words what the difference is, but the facts speak for themselves.

I suggest spending more time in your garden, or go to work on a farm. It's a good place for you and your children. The farms and ranches and gardens in America make us a strong and free nation.

Fred Owens
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