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Ali Al-Kasid is lost in thought during the Istikbal, or homecoming celebration, held in honor of his uncle Malik Al-Kasid's family Thursday, July 31, 2003. The celebration lasts three days with tribal chiefs, family and friends coming and going each day. ..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 Rafha, Saudi Arabia and finally settled in Dearborn, MI. The family hasn't been home to Iraq in 13 years. After their participation in the 1991 uprising, Saddam Hussein's forces burned the Al-Kasid family Motheff, along with their cars, to the ground.

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Ali Al-Kasid is lost in thought during the Istikbal, or homecoming celebration, held in honor of his uncle Malik Al-Kasid's family Thursday, July 31, 2003. The celebration lasts three days with tribal chiefs, family and friends coming and going each day. ..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 Rafha, Saudi Arabia and finally settled in Dearborn, MI. The family hasn't been home to Iraq in 13 years. After their participation in the 1991 uprising, Saddam Hussein's forces burned the Al-Kasid family Motheff, along with their cars, to the ground.
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