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Malik Al-kasid, left in gold and black, and his son Emad Al-kasid, right in gold and black, are greeted by relatives, friends and members of different tribes for the occasion of Malik's Istikbal, or homecoming, in his home village of Suq ash Shuyukh about 20 miles southeast of Nasiriyah, Iraq, Tuesday, July 29, 2003. ..When Malik Al-kasid's caravan approached, guns were fired to announce his family's arrival. The welcming party then, returns fire to welcome him. The two parties move toward each other dancing and shooting until they join in the middle where the Hawaies occurs. ..The Al-kasid family fled Iraq after the Gulf War and their part in the uprising against Saddam Hussein in 1991, spent 3 years in Rafa, Saudi Arabia and finally settled in Dearborn, MI.The family hasn't been home to Iraq in 13 years.

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Malik Al-kasid, left in gold and black, and his son Emad Al-kasid, right in gold and black, are greeted by relatives, friends and members of different tribes for the occasion of Malik's Istikbal, or homecoming, in his home village of Suq ash Shuyukh about 20 miles southeast of Nasiriyah, Iraq, Tuesday, July 29, 2003. ..When Malik Al-kasid's caravan approached, guns were fired to announce his family's arrival. The welcming party then, returns fire to welcome him. The two parties move toward each other dancing and shooting until they join in the middle where the Hawaies occurs. ..The Al-kasid family fled Iraq after the Gulf War and their part in the uprising against Saddam Hussein in 1991, spent 3 years in Rafa, Saudi Arabia and finally settled in Dearborn, MI.The family hasn't been home to Iraq in 13 years.
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