Zafir seems to have settled into teen life in America quickly, speaking fluent teenager: football, driving, what's trending on social media.
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| Pakistan native Muhammad Zafir, a refugee from Pakistan, chats with his mother and sister while at Catholic Charities' prayer luncheon (Photo: Joe Lamberti/Courier-Post) |
Source/Credit: Courier-Post
By Phaedra Trethan | September 27, 2017
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Before they came from all over South Jersey to Camden, the refugees who gathered for lunch with Bishop Dennis Sullivan had come from all over the world to South Jersey.
Pakistan. Eritrea. Iraq. Myanmar. Ethiopia. Uganda. Syria.
Each of them had fled their respective homelands, escaping war, religious persecution, oppression and natural disasters, and settled in South Jersey with the help of Catholic Charities. They met Wednesday with Sullivan at the nonprofit's Haddon Avenue headquarters for lunch, prayer and to bring attention to the plight of refugees worldwide.
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Muhammad Zafir is a 19-year-old high school senior who arrived from Sri Lanka with his mother and sister in February. The Ahmadiyya Muslim family had fled religious persecution in their native Pakistan.
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