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Emad Al-Kasid dances to a chorus of "Welcome, welcome, this the day you return," sing women belonging to Al Hacham tribe and the Al-kasid family during the Al-kasid family's Istikbal, or homecoming, in their home village Suq ash Shuyukh about 20 miles southeast of Nasiriyah, Iraq, Tuesday, July 29, 2003...The women spend most of their time making dough, baking bread, milking cows, taking care of children, preparing food, etc. as the men gather outside the family complex...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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Iraqi Exiles Return Home 2003
Emad Al-Kasid dances to a chorus of "Welcome, welcome, this the day you return," sing women belonging to Al Hacham tribe and the Al-kasid family during the Al-kasid family's Istikbal, or homecoming, in their home village Suq ash Shuyukh about 20 miles southeast of Nasiriyah, Iraq, Tuesday, July 29, 2003...The women spend most of their time making dough, baking bread, milking cows, taking care of children, preparing food, etc. as the men gather outside the family complex...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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