Afghan Refugees Are Learning to Call Rhode Island Home

WEST WARWICK — “Basri Darabi’s face is furled in concentration as she carefully constructs her sentence: “Akhtar is my husband.” She breaks into a beaming smile as she is given a clap for her perfect grammar and word choice – she and an Ocean State Stories reporter are using a common sentence structure to explain familial relations.”

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