A thriving Syrian family shows why we shouldn’t give up on immigration | Unpublished
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Author: Marcus Gee
Publication Date: December 6, 2025 - 05:30

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A thriving Syrian family shows why we shouldn’t give up on immigration

December 6, 2025

The last time I saw Mariah Al Rassoul, she was throwing a shoe at her school principal.

Mariah was five years old. She and her family, refugees from Syria’s civil war, had arrived in Canada just a couple of weeks earlier. There were 12 of them in all: Mahmoud Al Rassoul, his wife, Isaaf Al Omar, their eight children and Mahmoud’s two sisters. Their Canadian sponsors found them a house in Scarborough to stay in and schools for the kids to go to.



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