{"id":12005,"date":"2015-04-08T02:31:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T07:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=12005"},"modified":"2015-04-08T02:31:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T07:31:32","slug":"video-fleeing-war-a-syrian-family-makes-a-new-home-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-fleeing-war-a-syrian-family-makes-a-new-home-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Fleeing War, a Syrian Family Makes a New Home in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Noor Wazwaz<\/p>\n<p>March marks the fourth year of the Syrian war. The United Nations estimates that nearly 4 million people have fled since 2011 due to the fighting. Noor Wazwaz spent time with one of these refugee families here in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Fleeing War, a Syrian Family Makes a New Home in Illinois\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/124366270?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>Photo at top: The family, which fled the violence in Syria two years ago, is building a new life in the United States. Sobhe Turkmani and his wife Nada Alfsh (to his left), \u00a0his sister Mayada Turkmani sit in the living room of their three-bedroom home in Evanston, with five out of her six children (left to right): Zakarya, Zainab, Shaema, Wadad and Shahd Elaly. The eldest, Zaid, is not pictured. (Noor Wazwaz\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Noor Wazwaz March marks the fourth year of the Syrian war. 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