From Syria to the American Dream
In October 2007, a young boy from Kafroun, a small Catholic village in Syria, arrived in America with his family carrying nothing but a suitcase and a dream. He couldn't speak English. He didn't know anyone. He had no idea what the future held.
This is his story.
From Syria to the American Dream is a powerful memoir of faith, resilience, and determination. Follow one family's journey from a village where the closest hospital was an hour away, through the streets of Boston, the warmth of Florida, and finally to Cleveland, Ohio-where a sister's heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic would change everything.
This is a story of learning English word by word, of working the late shift at Wendy's to pay for college, of earning an engineering degree while battling chronic illness. It's about two knee surgeries, a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis in his twenties, and the refusal to let any obstacle stand in the way.
But more than anything, this is a story about family-about a father who drove buses so his children could eat, a mother who poured her dreams into her kids, and a son who came back to Cleveland to care for his aging parents while pursuing his master's degree.
Written for anyone who has ever been told their dreams are too big or their obstacles too great, this book is living proof that they are wrong.
No matter what happens to you in life-physically, spiritually, financially, or emotionally-you can find your way through.
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