Brooklyn Paper – New Lease on Life for Iraqi Family

New lease on a new life: Iraqi refugee family flees terrorist threats to settle in Bay Ridge

A family of Iraqi refugees who fled Baghdad amid death threats from terrorists targeting the father’s work supporting the American army built a new life in Bay Ridge with the support the Arab-American Family Support Center who help immigrants and refugees resettle.

The family is thankful to finally live in security, but said they never expected to upend their lives to start over in a new country,