Since moving, the Syrian family has ventured to Birmingham’s Soho road to buy halal meat and enjoyed day trips to places like Tamworth Castle and Stratford-upon-Avon.<\/p>\n
Bushra says watching her daughter’s face light up on Christmas jumper day at school got her excited for the festivities, even though the family did not formally celebrate the occasion.<\/p>\n
“I love the Cathedral during Christmas time,” she said. “The tree, parties with friends, I like it all and seeing my daughter enjoy too.”<\/p>\n
Today, Khaled takes pride in tending his garden – a sea of greenery – while Bushra keeps the traditions of their homeland alive through food and fragrant Syrian coffee. <\/p>\n
Their daughter has flourished in school and grown in confidence, while both Bushra and Khaled hope to soon find work.<\/p>\n
“She’s a daughter of a teacher [so] when I speak in Arabic, Rinaad will tell me, ‘no mummy speak English’,” Bushra joked.<\/p>\n
Though Lichfield may draw few comparisons to their beloved Syria, the family have found a sense of home in the city and its people.<\/p>\n
“I thank everyone that helped me and my family, George and Margaret are my brother and sister,” Bushra said.<\/p>\n
“I thank God that I met them,” Khaled said. “They are wonderful people; I see my family in them.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since moving, the Syrian family has ventured to Birmingham’s Soho road to buy halal meat and enjoyed day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-653737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}