Khat and South Sudan

South Sudan: They live in South Sudan and he has not seen them in 11 years. His family was torn apart by the second Sudanese civil war. But after a lifetime of war and struggle, he knows how proud they are of how far he come. It was Khat dad a business owner who taught him the importance of an education. , according to Hamilton Spectator. Just months after he was born in 1986, the family was forced to flee their hometown of Wau, South Sudan. When Paul Khat crossed the stage at Hamilton Place Wednesday to accept his degree in chemical engineering from McMaster University, his parents were not there to cheer him on. "My dad is a hardworking person. He never gives up," Khat, 28, said Wednesday, after the ceremony. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.